Economic implications of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States and the cost and benefit of CO detectors

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8717313	The American Journal of Emergency Medicine	2018	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

UNFR CO poisoning causes substantial economic burden in the U.S. The benefit of using CO detectors in homes to prevent UNFR CO poisoning can considerably exceed the cost of installation. Public health programs could use these findings to promote broad installation of CO detectors in homes.

Keywords

COBRA SAS ICD-9-CM HCUP NEDS VSL NiS Value of statistical life emergency department Statistical Analysis System carbon monoxide Nationwide Emergency Department Sample National Inpatient Sample economic cost Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project