Using automated health plan data to assess infection risk from coronary artery bypass surgery

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1433-1441

  Platt, Richard ^a,b,c,h   Kleinman, Ken ^a,b   Thompson, Kristin ^a,b   Dokholyan, Rachel S ^a,b   Livingston, James M ^a,c   Bergman, Andrew ^a,d   Mason, John H ^a,e   Horan, Teresa C ^f   Gaynes, Robert P ^f   Solomon, Steven L ^f   Sands, Kenneth E ^a,g  

^a Ctr for Disease Control/Prevention   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Tufts Health Plan   (United States)

^e Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036908842     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.020039     Document Type: Article

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