Skip Standard Navigation Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z
peer-reviewed.gif (582 bytes)
eid_header.gif (2942 bytes)
 EID Home | Ahead of Print | Past Issues | EID Search | Contact Us | Announcements | Suggested Citation | Submit Manuscript

Volume 10, Number 4, April 2004

Economics and Preventing Hospital-acquired Infection

Nicholas Graves*
*Centre for Health Research and Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia

 
 
Figure 1.
  Back to article
 

Figure 1. A model of investment in infection-control activities. Line A, cost and effectiveness of infection control; line B1, gross costs of infection and benefits of prevention; line B2, net costs of infection and benefits of infection control; line C, total costs; point X, incidence that minimizes total costs.

 

EID Home | Top of Page | Ahead-of-Print | Past Issues | Suggested Citation | EID Search | Contact Us | Accessibility | Privacy Policy Notice | CDC Home | CDC Search | Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed March 19, 2004

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention