''But my patients are different!'': Risk adjustment in 2012 and beyond

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 987-989

  Moehring, Rebekah W ^a   Anderson, Deverick J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053156955     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662202     Document Type: Note

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