Electronic measures of surgical site infection: Implications for estimating risks and costs

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 784-790

  Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a,b   Boltz, Melissa M ^a   Nikkel, Lucas E ^b   Schaefer, Eric ^b   Ortenzi, Gail ^a   Dillon, Peter W ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960732272     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660870     Document Type: Article

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