Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Research
Effects of Mumps Outbreak in Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2006
Table 3
Financial effects of mumps outbreak, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2006*
Type of expense and department | Cost, US$* |
---|---|
Personnel | |
Human resources | 1,066 |
Infection control and prevention | 36,746 |
Laboratories | 7,312 |
Medical administration | 1,500 |
Nursing units | 10,808 |
Patient escort | 1,200 |
Risk management | 300 |
Environmental and occupational safety | 7,500 |
Total personnel cost |
66,432 |
Resources | |
Corporate health | 56,256 |
Human resources employee compensation | 91,318 |
Infectious diseases clinic | 1,000 |
Laboratories | 6,842 |
Travel medicine and immunization center | 2,240 |
Vaccination program | 38,700 |
Total resource cost |
196,356 |
Total cost to hospital | 262,788 |
*Rounded to the nearest dollar.