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Costs Associated with Ebola Preparedness at a Freestanding Pediatric Assessment Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2017

Kari A. Simonsen ,
Amber R. Phipps ,
Mel Hall ,
Brenda Heybrock ,
Lindsay Hegemann  and
Debra Arnow
Kari A. Simonsen*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Amber R. Phipps
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Mel Hall
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Brenda Heybrock
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Lindsay Hegemann
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Debra Arnow
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
*
Address correspondence to Kari A. Simonsen, MD, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982162 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2162 (kasimonsen@unmc.edu).
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Abstract

The 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak led US hospitals to prepare to treat Ebola patients, with significant attributable costs. A nationwide preparedness transition to a tiered approach allowed regional allocation of preparedness resources for Ebola frontline, assessment, and treatment hospitals. Preparedness costs for assessment centers were significant and largely uncompensated.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1367–1369

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 11 , November 2017 , pp. 1367 - 1369
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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