Hsieh 2005.

Study characteristics
Study design	Retrospective cohort study
Objectives	To evaluate the effectiveness of quarantine in reducing the time from onset to diagnosis and the time from diagnosis to classification
Study details	SARS‐positive patients, previously quarantined or not quarantined during the 2003 outbreak Setting: Taiwan n = 480
Interventions	Quarantine of people who potentially had contact with infectious individuals (Level A) Quarantine of travellers coming from SARS‐affected areas (Level B)
Notes	Case definition: confirmed cases had clinical diagnosis and positive laboratory test for SARS‐CoV