Infection trends in home health care, 2013-2018

Affiliations

¹ RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² RAND Corporation, Boston, Massachuestts.
³ Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.

Jordan M Harrison et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;42(11):1388-1390.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.248. Epub 2021 Jun 21.

¹ RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² RAND Corporation, Boston, Massachuestts.
³ Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Infection Prevention and Control, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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