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2158. Introducing the Population Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR): A Metric that Marries the Device SIR to the Standardized Utilization Ratio (SUR)

BACKGROUND: The device standardized infection ratio (SIR) has been used to compare units’ and hospitals’ performance for different publicly reported infections. Interventions to reduce unnecessary device use may select a higher risk population that is not accounted for in the current risk adjustment...

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Autores principales: Fakih, Mohamad, Huang, Ren-Huai, Bufalino, Angelo, Sturm, Lisa, Hendrich, Ann, Haydar, Ziad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252887/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1814