The national response for preventing healthcare-associated Infections: Data and monitoring

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 2 SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Kahn, Katherine L ^a,b   Weinberg, Daniel A ^c   Leuschner, Kristin J ^a   Gall, Elizabeth M ^c   Siegel, Sari ^c   Mendel, Peter ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892911504     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000031     Document Type: Article

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