The role of the public health analyst in the delivery of technical assistance to state health departments for healthcare-associated infection prevention

Medical Care

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

  Fischer, Leah ^a   Ellingson, Katherine ^a   McCormick, Kelly ^a   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS INFECTION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892914760     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000055     Document Type: Article

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