Using hospital claim data to monitor surgical site infections for inpatient procedures

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Cosgrove, Sara E ^a   Pass, Margaret A ^b   Perl, Trish M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRANIOTOMY; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949120523     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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