Medicare's sepsis reporting program: Two steps forward, one step back

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 139-141

  Barbash, Ian J ^a   Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b   Taylor Thompson, B ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICARE; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988977093     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201604-0723ed     Document Type: Editorial

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