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1348. Indirect Standardization to Improve Comparison of Children’s Hospitals’ Antimicrobial Use

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial use (AU) measured by days of therapy per 1000 patient-days (DOT/1000pd), the most established metric, varies widely between children’s hospitals despite robust adoption of antimicrobial stewardship. Differences in diagnoses and procedures (case mix) between hospitals are a...

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Autores principales: Wattier, Rachel, Thurm, Cary, Banerjee, Ritu, Hersh, Adam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776905/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1530