Hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infection: documentation and coding issues may reduce financial impact of medicare's new payment policy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-633

  Meddings, Jennifer ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b   McMahon Jr , Laurence F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; NURSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICARE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952215380     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652523     Document Type: Article

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