Fig 1.
Schematic of decision tree.
Table 1.
Health states and probability estimates for MRSA screening.
Table 2.
Healthcare costs associated with MRSA screening, colonization and bacteremia.
Table 3.
Costs (per patient) associated with risk factor-based compared to universal MRSA screening.
Table 4.
Actual and estimated costs associated with risk factor-based compared to universal MRSA Screening.
Table 5.
Cost of patient care and associated probabilities for each clinical scenario and health state.
Table 6.
Sensitivity analysis results per patient screened.