Statewide costs of health care-associated infections: Estimates for acute care hospitals in North Carolina

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 764-768

  Anderson, Deverick J ^a   Pyatt, Deborah G ^b   Weber, David J ^b,c   Rutala, William A ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial analysis; Statewide quality improvement; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVICE INFECTION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; STATEWIDE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEILLANCE;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84883277356     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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