Perceived impact of the Medicare policy to adjust payment for health care-associated infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 314-319

  Lee, Grace M ^a,b   Hartmann, Christine W ^c,d   Graham, Denise ^e   Kassler, William ^f   Dutta Linn, Maya ^a   Krein, Sarah ^g   Saint, Sanjay ^g   Goldmann, Donald A ^h   Fridkin, Scott ⁱ   Horan, Teresa ⁱ   Jernigan, John ⁱ   Jha, Ashish ^j  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

^f Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Non payment for preventable complications; Organizational culture; Organizational resources; Unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETER; URINE CULTURE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860387704     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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