Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Caveats for Benchmarking
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia--the wrong quality measure for benchmarking.
Legislators, payers, and quality-of-care advocates across the United States are considering requiring hospitals to report ventilator-associated pneumonia rates as a way to benchmark and reward quality of care. Accurate diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia, however, is notoriously difficult because several common complications of critical care can mimic the clinical appearance of ventila...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s019594170008084x