Open AccessCOVID-19 and healthcare-associated infections
Author(s) -
Andrea Cioffi,
Raffaella Rinaldi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of risk and safety in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1878-6847
pISSN - 0924-6479
DOI - 10.3233/jrs-200056
Subject(s) - covid-19 , health care , healthcare system , pandemic , medical emergency , medicine , intensive care medicine , business , economic growth , virology , disease , economics , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
National Health Systems are facing a very serious health emergency related to COVID-19. In this phase of emergency, it is essential to ensure the care of all affected patients but also to ensure the economic stability of the National Health System. This stability is undermined by the potential exponential increase in claims caused by healthcare-associated infections related to COVID-19. That is why it will be essential to use all means necessary to prevent this economic crisis, which could overlap with the health crisis.