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The Effect of Hospital Isolation Precautions on Patient Outcomes and Cost of Care: A Multi-Site, Retrospective, Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study
- Source :
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background Isolation precautions have negative effects on patient safety, psychological well-being, and healthcare worker contact. However, it is not known whether isolation precautions affect certain hospital-related outcomes.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Isolation (health care)
business.industry
Case-control study
Retrospective cohort study
030501 epidemiology
03 medical and health sciences
Patient safety
0302 clinical medicine
Matched cohort
Isolation precautions
Propensity score matching
Emergency medicine
Internal Medicine
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
0305 other medical science
Cost of care
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15251497 and 08848734
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5f2c84f229b15bd9ba37c3cf12d4d366
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3862-4