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Use of the appropriateness evaluation protocol for estimating the incremental costs associated with nosocomial infections

Wakefield et al., 1987

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18175289840673058557
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Wakefield D
Pfaller M
Hammons G
Massanari R
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Medical care

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Existing methods for estimating additional days of hospital stay due to nosocomial infections (NI) have a number of documented limitations. An alternative method described in this paper uses the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) to determine whether each day of acute …
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