Identification of Medicare Recipients at Highest Risk for Clostridium difficile Infection in the US by Population Attributable Risk Analysis.

Population attributable risk percent (PAR%) is an epidemiological tool that provides an estimate of the percent reduction in total disease burden if that disease could be entirely eliminated among a subpopulation. As such, PAR% is used to efficiently target prevention interventions. Due to significa...

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Main Authors: Erik R Dubberke, Margaret A Olsen, Dustin Stwalley, Ciarán P Kelly, Dale N Gerding, Yinong Young-Xu, Cedric Mahé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4747338?pdf=render