Health Care–Associated Infections

Zimlichman, Eyal; Henderson, Daniel; Tamir, Orly; Franz, Calvin; X.‐K. Song, Peter; K. Yamin, Cyrus; Keohane, Carol; R. Denham, Charles; W. Bates, David

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9763

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Health Care–Associated Infections

Published in JAMA Internal Medicine • Sep 2, 2013

Authors:

Eyal Zimlichman

Daniel Henderson

Orly Tamir

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Health care-associated infections (HAIs) account for a large proportion of the harms caused by health care and are associated with high costs. Better evaluation of the costs of these infections could help providers and payers to justify investing in prevention. OBJECTIVE: To estimate cos...

Subject

Medicine

Health care

Incidence (geometry)

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