Evaluating the use of the case mix index for risk adjustment of healthcare-associated infection data: An illustration using clostridium Difficile infection data from the national healthcare safety network

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-25

  Thompson, Nicola D ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Dudeck, Margaret A ^a   Fridkin, Scott K ^a   Magill, Shelley S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MIX; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85003055084     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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