Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicator that identifies patients with selected infections that result from medical care during hospital inpatient treatment (secondary diagnosis of selected infection/infection not present at admission).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434267

Entities

People

  • Brian Gallagher
  • Edward L. Hannan
  • Liyi Cen

Organizations

  • United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Databases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitalizations
  • Hospitals
  • Indicators
  • Infection
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Medical Personnel
  • Morbidity
  • New York
  • Patient Care
  • Public Health
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine