Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
New data from Singapore National University, Medical Department illuminate research in severe acute respiratory syndrome
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 31st, 2010
"The outbreak of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 prompted many countries in Asia, previously strongly affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), to respond with stringent measures, particularly in preventing outbreaks in hospitals. We studied actual direct costs and cost-effectiveness of different response measures from a hospital perspective in tertiary hospitals in Singapore by simulating outbreaks of SARS, pandemic (H1N1) 2009, and 1918 Spanish influenza," investigators in Singapore, Singapore report.
"Protection measures targeting only infected patients yielded lowest incremental cost/death averted of $23,000 (US$) for pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Enforced...
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