The national response for preventing healthcare-associated infections: Research and adoption of prevention practices

Medical Care

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

  Kahn, Katherine L ^a,b   Mendel, Peter ^a   Leuschner, Kristin J ^a   Hiatt, Liisa ^a   Gall, Elizabeth M ^c   Siegel, Sari ^c   Weinberg, Daniel A ^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; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 84892931754     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000084     Document Type: Article

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