Epidemiology and healthcare costs of incident clostridium difficile infections identified in the outpatient healthcare setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1031-1038

  Kuntz, Jennifer L ^a   Johnson, Eric S ^a   Raebel, Marsha A ^b,c   Petrik, Amanda F ^a   Yang, Xiuhai ^a   Thorp, Micah L ^a   Spindel, Steven J ^d   Neil, Nancy ^e,f   Smith, David H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permanente Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Decision Research ^*  (United States)

^e DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLORADO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866172545     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667733     Document Type: Article

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