The power of policy change, federal collaboration, and state coordination in healthcare-associated infection prevention

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-431

  Srinivasan, Arjun ^a   Craig, Michael ^b   Cardo, Denise ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863902714     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis407     Document Type: Article

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