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Improved hospital-level risk adjustment for surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: a retrospective cohort study
BMC Infectious Diseases, 09/08/09
Tong ENC et al. – The high model goodness–of–fit and the higher frequency of OBSI and STAPH outcomes indicated that hospital–specific risk adjustment based on medical services provided would be useful for these outcomes in Queensland. The low frequency of IVD–STAPH and MRSA outcomes indicated that development of a hospital–level risk score was a more valid method of risk adjustment for these outcomes.
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