Patient referrals cause differences in hospital infection rates
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 10:32
in Health & Medicine
Patient referrals between hospitals influence the rates of hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA, according to a study by researchers based in the Netherlands. The findings, published March 19 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, explain that referred patients, who have the potential to carry a hospital-acquired infection with them, are more likely to be admitted to University Medical Centres than to teaching or general hospitals...
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