The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery at a community hospital and a university hospital: Adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 183-189

  Whitehouse, James D ^a   Friedman, N Deborah ^a   Kirkland, Kathryn B ^a   Richardson, William J ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036220010     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502033     Document Type: Article

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