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Network position and health care worker infections

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  • Troy Tassier

    (Fordham University)

  • Philip Polgreen

    (University of Iowa)

  • Alberto Segre

    (University of Iowa)

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We use a newly collected data set coupled with an agent-based model to study the spread of infectious disease in hospitals. We estimate the average and marginal infections created by various worker groups in a hospital as a function of their network position in order to identify groups most crucial in a hospital-based epidemic. Surprisingly, we find that many groups with primary patient care responsibilities play a small role in spreading an infectious disease within our hospital data set. We also demonstrate that the effect of different network positions can be as important as the effect of different transmission rates for some categories of workers.

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  • Troy Tassier & Philip Polgreen & Alberto Segre, 2017. "Network position and health care worker infections," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 12(2), pages 277-307, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jeicoo:v:12:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s11403-015-0166-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11403-015-0166-4
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