An examination of longitudinal CAUTI, SSI, and CDI rates from key HHS data systems

Medical Care

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

  Weinberg, Daniel A ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^b,c  

^a IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

data and monitoring; HCUP; healthcare associated infections (HAIs); information technology; Medicare claims; MPSMS; NHSN; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; EXAMINATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 84892936908     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000027     Document Type: Article

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