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Quality Improvement Initiatives Need Rigorous Evaluation: The Case of Pressure Ulcers

The Partnership for Patients (PfP) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have reported a 23.5% decline in hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU) over 4 years resulting in a cumulative cost savings of more than $10 billion and 49 000 averted deaths, claiming that this significan...

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Autores principales: Averill, Richard F., Hughes, John S., Fuller, Richard L., Goldfield, Norbert I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27582460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1062860616666672