The impact of contact isolation on the quality of inpatient hospital care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a,b   Day, Hannah R ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a,b   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; AGED; COUNSELING; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960642338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022190     Document Type: Article

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