Costs Associated with Ebola Preparedness at a Freestanding Pediatric Assessment Center

The 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak led US hospitals to prepare to treat Ebola patients, with significant attributable costs. A nationwide preparedness transition to a tiered approach allowed regional allocation of preparedness resources for Ebola frontline, assessment, and treatment hospitals....

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2017-11, Vol.38 (11), p.1367-1369
Main Authors: Simonsen, Kari A, Phipps, Amber R, Hall, Mel, Heybrock, Brenda, Hegemann, Lindsay, Arnow, Debra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessment centers
Cost assessments
Cost estimates
Disaster Planning - economics
Disease Outbreaks - economics
Ebola virus
Education
Employees
Epidemics
Expenditures
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - economics
Hospital Costs
Hospitals
Hospitals, Pediatric - economics
Hospitals, Pediatric - organization & administration
Humans
Infectious diseases
Nebraska
Nursing
Pathogens
Patients
Pediatrics
Personal protective equipment
Phlebotomy
Polls & surveys
Supplies
Task forces
Wages & salaries
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Summary:The 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak led US hospitals to prepare to treat Ebola patients, with significant attributable costs. A nationwide preparedness transition to a tiered approach allowed regional allocation of preparedness resources for Ebola frontline, assessment, and treatment hospitals. Preparedness costs for assessment centers were significant and largely uncompensated. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1367-1369.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2017.193