Determining Mortality Rates Attributable to Clostridium difficile Infection

To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007–2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review. Data on death within 30 days were more feasible than panel review and more acc...

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Autores principales: Hota, Susy S., Achonu, Camille, Crowcroft, Natasha S., Harvey, Bart J., Lauwers, Albert, Gardam, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22305427
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.101611
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author Hota, Susy S.
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description To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007–2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review. Data on death within 30 days were more feasible than panel review and more accurate than death certificate data.
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spelling pubmed-33104412012-04-10 Determining Mortality Rates Attributable to Clostridium difficile Infection Hota, Susy S. Achonu, Camille Crowcroft, Natasha S. Harvey, Bart J. Lauwers, Albert Gardam, Michael A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007–2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review. Data on death within 30 days were more feasible than panel review and more accurate than death certificate data. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3310441/ /pubmed/22305427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.101611 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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