Clostridium difficile infection as a novel marker for hospital quality, efficiency and other factors associated with prolonged inpatient length of stay
Excess inpatient length of stay (LOS) varies between hospitals and is burdensome to patients and the overall healthcare system. Variation in LOS has often been associated with hospital-level factors, such as hospital efficiency and quality. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an increasingly co...
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University of Iowa
2015
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1884 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5941&context=etd |