Open AccessHospital readmission with Clostridium difficile infection as a secondary diagnosis is associated with worsened outcomes and greater revenue loss relative to principal diagnosis
Author(s) -
Marya D. Zilberberg,
Brian H. Nathanson,
Stephen Marcella,
John Jay Hawkshead,
Andrew F. Shorr
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000012212
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , confidence interval , odds ratio , retrospective cohort study , reimbursement , cohort study , health care , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth , antibiotics
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