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;

关键词：

D O I：

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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