Lack of Patient Understanding of Hospital-Acquired Infection Data Published on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Website

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 182-187

  Masnick, Max ^a   Morgan, Daniel J ^a,b   Sorkin, John D ^b   Kim, Elizabeth ^a   Brown, Jessica P ^a   Rheingans, Penny ^c   Harris, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Baltimore County   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966430824     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.260     Document Type: Article

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