Estimating the annual burden of health care-associated infections in Finnish adult acute care hospitals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-230

  Kanerva, Mari ^a,b   Ollgren, Jukka ^a   Virtanen, Mikko J ^a   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FINLAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 62849085808     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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