Initial impact of Medicare's nonpayment policy on catheter-associated urinary tract infections by hospital characteristics

Health Policy

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 165-171

  Schuller, Kristin ^a   Probst, Janice ^b   Hardin, James ^b   Bennett, Kevin ^b   Martin, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter associated urinary tract infections; Hospital acquired infections; Medicare's nonpayment policy; Patient safety; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY CARE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NONPAYMENT POLICY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84895924630     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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