The costs of an expanded screening criteria for COVID-19: A modelling study | Zendy

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The costs of an expanded screening criteria for COVID-19: A modelling study

Author(s) -

Jue Tao Lim,

Borame Sue Lee Dickens,

Alex R. Cook,

Ai Leng Khoo,

Yock Young Dan,

Dale Fisher,

Paul Anantharajah Tambyah,

Louis Yi Ann Chai

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.025

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , outbreak , isolation (microbiology) , health care , total cost , cost–benefit analysis , emergency medicine , medical emergency , disease , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , business , pathology , ecology , accounting , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth

Nosocomial infection is an ongoing concern in the COVID-19 outbreak. The effective screening of suspected cases in the healthcare setting is therefore necessary, enabling the early identification and prompt isolation of cases for epidemic containment. We aimed to assess the cost and health outcomes of an extended screening strategy, implemented in Singapore on 07 February 2020, which maximizes case identification in the public healthcare system.

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