Will a policy of refusing reimbursement for health care-associated infections be a sufficient incentive to drive improvements?

Affiliations

¹ Twin Peaks Group LLC, Lexington, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee3Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee4Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medici.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, New Hampshire6Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, New Hampshire.

Comment

Dan Krupka et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 May.

. 2014 May;174(5):823.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.39.

¹ Twin Peaks Group LLC, Lexington, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee3Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee4Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medici.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, New Hampshire6Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, New Hampshire.

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Will a policy of refusing reimbursement for health care-associated infections be a sufficient incentive to drive improvements?--reply.
Zimlichman E, Bates DW. Zimlichman E, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 May;174(5):823-4. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.36. JAMA Intern Med. 2014. PMID: 24799011 No abstract available.

Health care-associated infections: a meta-analysis of costs and financial impact on the US health care system.
Zimlichman E, Henderson D, Tamir O, Franz C, Song P, Yamin CK, Keohane C, Denham CR, Bates DW. Zimlichman E, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Dec 9-23;173(22):2039-46. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9763. JAMA Intern Med. 2013. PMID: 23999949