Reduction in Clostridium difficile infection rates after mandatory hospital public reporting: Findings from a longitudinal cohort study in Canada

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Daneman, Nick ^a,b   Stukel, Therese A ^a,c   Ma, Xiaomu ^a   Vermeulen, Marian ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDATORY REPORTING; MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDATORY REPORTING; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84864475433     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001268     Document Type: Article

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