Parameter | Symbol | Baseline value |
---|---|---|
Total no. of patients | N | 400 |
Fraction of patients colonized with CA-MRSA upon admission |
| 0.03 |
Fraction of patients colonized with HA-MRSA upon admission |
| 0.07 |
Fraction of patients infected with CA-MRSA upon admission |
| 0.005 |
Fraction of patients infected with HA-MRSA upon admission |
| 0.0017 |
Average length of stay susceptible patients | 1/γ S | 5 days |
Average length of stay patients colonized with CA-MRSA | 1/γ CC | 5 days |
Average length of stay patients colonized with HA-MRSA | 1/γ CH | 7 days |
Average length of stay patients infected with CA-MRSA | 1/γ IC | 10 days |
Average length of stay patients infected with HA-MRSA | 1/γ IH | 18 days |
CA-MRSA colonized-to-susceptible patient effective transmission rate |
| 0.36Â day-1 |
HA-MRSA colonized-to-susceptible patient effective transmission rate |
| 0.27Â day-1 |
CA-MRSA infected-to-susceptible patient effective transmission rate |
| 0.09Â day-1 |
HA-MRSA infected-to-susceptible patient effective transmission rate |
| 0.07Â day-1 |
Infection rate in CA-MRSA colonized patients | φC | 0.1 γCC |
(10% per day of hospital stay) | ||
Infection rate in HA-MRSA colonized patients | φH | 0.1 γCH |
(10% per day of hospital stay) | ||
Death rate of CA-MRSA infected patients | δC | 0.033 γIC |
(3.3% per day of hospital stay) | ||
Death rate of HA-MRSA infected patients | δH | 0.2 γIH |
(20% per day of hospital stay) | ||
Cure rate of CA-MRSA infected patients | τC | 0.967 γIC |
(96.7% per day of hospital stay) | ||
Cure rate of HA-MRSA infected patients | τH | 0.8 γIH |
 |  | (80% per day of hospital stay) |