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Economic Analysis of Universal Active Surveillance Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Perspective Matters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2015

JaHyun Kang ,
Kenneth J. Smith ,
Cindy L. Bryce  and
Carlene A. Muto
JaHyun Kang*
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Kenneth J. Smith
Affiliation:
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Cindy L. Bryce
Affiliation:
Section of Decision Sciences and Clinical Systems Modeling, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Carlene A. Muto
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
*
Address correspondence to JaHyun Kang, 415 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261 (kangjh@pitt.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 14 - 16
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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