Approach for conducting the longitudinal program evaluation of the US department of health and human services national action plan to prevent healthcare-associated infections: Roadmap to elimination

Medical Care

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

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

^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; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 84892916649     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000030     Document Type: Article

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