Excess length of stay attributable to nosocomial bacteremia: Usefulness of the approriateness evaluation protocol;Prolongación de la estancia atribuible a la bacteriemia nosocomial: Utilidad del protocolo de adecuación hospitalaria

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 608-610

  Vilella, Anna ^a   Prat, Andreu ^b   Trilla, Antoni ^b   Bayas, José María ^b   Asenjo, Miguel Ángel ^b   Salleras, Lluís ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Appropiateness evaluation protocol; Hospital stay; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033552313     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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