The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1045-1052

  Keenan, Jeffrey E ^a   Speicher, Paul J ^a   Thacker, Julie K M ^a   Walter, Monica ^b   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^c   Mantyh, Christopher R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COST SAVINGS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84908289660     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.346     Document Type: Article

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