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Analysis of Costs Attributable to an Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at a French Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Yazdan Yazdanpanah*
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France Equipe d'Acceuil 2694, Faculté de Medecine de Lille, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 362, Lille, France Laboratoire de Recherches Éxonomiques et Sociales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 362, Lille, France
Agnesk Daval
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Recherches Éxonomiques et Sociales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 362, Lille, France
Serge Alfandari
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire de Réanimation et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Xavier Lenne
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Recherches Éxonomiques et Sociales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 362, Lille, France
Delphine Lavoine
Affiliation:
Hospital Administration, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Isabelle Verin
Affiliation:
Department d'Informatique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Hugues Georges
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire de Réanimation et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Olivier Leroy
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire de Réanimation et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Eric Senneville
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Benoit Guery
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire de Réanimation et Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Benoit Dervaux
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Recherches Éxonomiques et Sociales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 362, Lille, France
Y. Mouton
Affiliation:
Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
*
Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, 135, Rue du Président Coty, B.P.619, F 59208 Tourcoing, France (yyazdan@yahoo.com)
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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