TABLE 1.

Data Inputs for Model Variables

Description (units)	Mean	Range		Source
		Lower Limit	Upper Limit
COSTS ($US)
Procedures:
Blood Culture	14.41	9.51	19.31	Hospitals
Complete Blood Count	12.24	8.08	16.40	Hospitals
Chest Radiograph	42.36	27.96	56.76	[41]
C-Reactive Protein	74.00	48.84	99.16	Hospitals
Computed Tomography	362.98	239.57	486.39	[41]
Echocardiogram	295.28	194.88	395.68	[41]
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate	4.93	3.25	6.61	Hospitals
Incision and Drainage	451.29	297.85	604.73	[41]
Lumbar Puncture	142.59	94.11	191.07	[41]
Lumbar Puncture Tests	50.06	33.04	67.08	Hospitals
Magnetic Resonance Imaging	359.06	236.98	481.14	[41]
Nuclear Scan	298.14	196.77	399.51	[41]
Triple Scan	269.86	178.11	361.61	[41]
Urinalysis	14.41	9.51	19.31	Hospitals
Urine Culture	14.47	9.55	19.39	Hospitals
Vancomycin Level	47.71	31.49	63.93	Hospitals
Voiding Cystourogram	275.87	182.07	369.67	[41]
Plain Radiograph for Osteomyelitis	28.04	18.51	37.57	[41]
Side Effects from Vaccination
Major Side Effects, Societal Perspective	667363	578778	755947	[42]
Minor Side Effects	0.76	0.68	3.62	[43]
Hospitalization for:
Bacteremia	7258.06	5302.62	9213.49	[44]
Endocarditis	46521.69	33988.00	59055.38	[44]
Osteomyelitis	15572.98	11377.37	19768.59	[44]
Pneumonia	3617.27	2642.72	4591.83	[44]
Soft Tissue Infection	4070.58	2973.90	5167.26	[44]
Urinary Tract Infection	6292.67	4597.32	7988.01	[44]
PROBABILITIES (%)
Given S. aureus Infection
Bacteremia	24.00	19.72*		[45-50]
Endocarditis	4.48	2.71*		[7, 47]
Pneumonia	33.33	14.06*		[7, 45, 48-50]
Urinary Tract Infection	2.40	2.27*		[46, 50]
Soft Tissue Infection	42.39	22.65*		[7, 45-47]
Mortality	23.26	9.87*		[47, 51]
Given MRSA Infection:
Bacteremia	27.64	25.88*		[20, 52-56]
Endocarditis	1.54	0.52*		[57]
Osteomyelitis	3.33	1.13*		[20]
Pneumonia	16.67	12.82*		[20, 52, 57]
Urinary Tract Infection	18.50	9.19*		[55, 58]
Soft Tissue Infection	24.37	26.14*		[52, 54, 57, 59-61]
Mortality	0.1935	0.12*		[20, 51, 54, 57]

^*Standard Deviation