Nosocomial infection, length of stay, and time-dependent bias

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-276

  Beyersmann, Jan ^a,b   Kneib, Thomas ^c   Schumacher, Martin ^b   Gastmeier, Petra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61849128314     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596020     Document Type: Article

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