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1820. Indirect Standardization: A Convenient Benchmarking Approach to Antibiotic Utilization Based on Patient Mix

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial stewardship programs are recommended to risk-adjust antimicrobial use in order to support intra- and inter-hospital comparisons. The purpose of our investigation was to evaluate a benchmarking strategy for its ability to accurately identify changes in risk-adjusted utilizat...

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Autores principales: Farkas, Andras, Sarosky, Kimberly, Sassine, Joseph, Yassin, Arsheena
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/PMC6253694/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1476