Practice guideline adherence and health care outcomes - Use of prophylactic antibiotics during surgery in Taiwan

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1091-1096

  Hsu, Chentong ^a   Cheng, Shou Hsia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Health care outcomes; Prophylactic antibiotics; Total hip replacement; Total knee placement

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 73549110080     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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