Fairness of financial penalties to improve control of Clostridium difficile

被引:4
作者
Walker, A. Sarah [1 ,2 ]
Spiegelhalter, David [3 ,4 ]
Crook, Derrick W. [1 ]
Wyllie, David [5 ]
Morris, James [1 ]
Peto, Tim E. A. [1 ]
机构
[1] John Radcliffe Hosp, Natl Inst Hlth Res, Oxford Biomed Res Ctr Programme, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
[2] MRC, Clin Trials Unit, London NW1 2DA, England
[3] MRC, Biostat Unit, Inst Publ Hlth, Cambridge CB2 0SR, England
[4] Ctr Math Sci, Stat Lab, Cambridge CB3 0WB, England
[5] Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Clin Lab Sci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
来源
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2008年 / 337卷
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1136/bmj.a2097
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Trusts in England have been given targets to reduce C difficile infection rates. But Sarah Walker and colleagues argue that the way they are calculated makes financial penalties almost impossible to avoid. © 2008, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.
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