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Costs and benefits of an early-alert surveillance system for hospital inpatients.
Marchetti A, Jacobs J, Young M, Martin J, Rossiter R. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007;23:9-16.

The authors analyzed the economic impact of an automated early alert system for patient distress by simulating clinical events and estimating the costs associated with preventing and managing these events.
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