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Effect of Nonpayment for Preventable Infections in U.S. Hospitals

Author(s) -

Grace M. Lee,

Ken Kleinman,

Stephen B. Soumerai,

Alison Tse,

David Cole,

Scott K. Fridkin,

Teresa Horan,

Richard Platt,

Charlene Gay,

William J. Kassler,

Donald A. Goldmann,

John A. Jernigan,

Ashish K. Jha

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1202419

Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , incidence (geometry) , rate ratio , pneumonia , emergency medicine , health care , intensive care medicine , confidence interval , pediatrics , economics , economic growth , physics , optics

In October 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired conditions that were deemed preventable. The effect of this policy on rates of health care-associated infections is unknown.

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