Cost of the Ebola Epidemic: Impact of Ebola on the Healthcare System

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S)
• Description:
  Healthcare workers caring for patients with Ebola were among those at highest risk for contracting the disease. From the start of the outbreak through November 2015, a total of 881 confirmed health worker infections were reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and there were 513 reported deaths. Liberia lost 8% of its doctors, nurses, and midwives to Ebola; Sierra Leone and Guinea lost 7% and 1% of their healthcare workers, respectively.
• Subjects:
  Cost Of Illness Disease Outbreaks / Economics Ebolavirus Global Health Health Care Costs Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Economics Statistics
• Keywords:
  Ebola Ebola Virus Ebola Virus Disease Orthoebolavirus
• Series:
  Cost of the Ebola Epidemic
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Poster
• Place as Subject:
  Guinea ; Liberia ; Sierra Leone ; United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
• Division:
  DHCPP - Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions ; Global Health
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
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