Effect of Nonpayment for Preventable Infections in U.S. Hospitals
- 11 October 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 367 (15), 1428-1437
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa1202419
Abstract
In October 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired conditions that were deemed preventable. The effect of this policy on rates of health care–associated infections is unknown.This publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
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