Costs associated with surgical site infections in Veterans Affairs hospitals

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 575-581

  Schweizer, Marin L ^a,b   Cullen, Joseph J ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VETERANS HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

COST SAVINGS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84903291624     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4663     Document Type: Article

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