Hospital Clostridium difficile Infection Rates and Prediction of Length of Stay in Patients Without C. difficile Infection

BACKGROUND: Inpatient length of stay (LOS) has been used as a measure of hospital quality and efficiency. Patients with Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) have longer LOS. OBJECTIVE: To describe the relationship between hospital CDI incidence and the LOS of patients without CDI. DESIGN: Retrospe...

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Published in:Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Main Authors: Miller, Aaron C., Polgreen, Linnea A., Cavanaugh, Joseph E., Polgreen, Philip M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5037957/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858126
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.340
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