Economic Impact of a New Rapid PCR Assay for Detecting Influenza Virus in an Emergency Department and Hospitalized Patients

Marcelo Soto; Laura Sampietro-Colom; Anna Vilella; Efraín Pantoja; María Asenjo; Ruth Arjona; Juan Carlos Hurtado; Antoni Trilla; Míriam José Alvarez-Martínez; Aurea Mira; Jordi Vila; María Angeles Marcos

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146620

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Economic Impact of a New Rapid PCR Assay for Detecting Influenza Virus in an Emergency Department and Hospitalized Patients

Marcelo Soto ,

* E-mail: soto@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica, Barcelona, Spain
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Laura Sampietro-Colom,

Affiliation Health Technology Assessment Unit, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Anna Vilella,

Affiliations Public Health Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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Efraín Pantoja,

Affiliation Public Health Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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María Asenjo,

Affiliation Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ruth Arjona,

Affiliations ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Biomedical Diagnostic Centre (CDB), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Juan Carlos Hurtado,

Affiliations ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Biomedical Diagnostic Centre (CDB), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Antoni Trilla,

Affiliations Public Health Department, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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Míriam José Alvarez-Martínez,

Affiliations ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Biomedical Diagnostic Centre (CDB), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Aurea Mira,

Affiliation Biomedical Diagnostic Centre (CDB), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Vila,

Affiliations ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Biomedical Diagnostic Centre (CDB), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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María Angeles Marcos

Affiliations ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Biomedical Diagnostic Centre (CDB), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Economic Impact of a New Rapid PCR Assay for Detecting Influenza Virus in an Emergency Department and Hospitalized Patients

Marcelo Soto,
Laura Sampietro-Colom,
Anna Vilella,
Efraín Pantoja,
María Asenjo,
Ruth Arjona,
Juan Carlos Hurtado,
Antoni Trilla,
Míriam José Alvarez-Martínez,
Aurea Mira

Published: January 20, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146620

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