Institutional risk factors for outbreaks of nosocomial gastroenteritis: Survival analysis of a cohort of hospital units in South-west England, 2002-2003

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Lopman, B A ^a,b   Andrews, N ^a   Sarangi, J ^a   Vipond, I B ^a   Brown, D W G ^a   Reacher, M H ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cox regression; Gastroenteritis; Hospital design; Norovirus; Nosocomial; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOROVIRUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NOROVIRUS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17844379474     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.021     Document Type: Article

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