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Variation in Mortality Rates Among Long-Term Care Facilities for Residents With Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify variables contributing to interfacility differences in mortality among residents of long-term care facilities who have lower respiratory tract infection. DESIGN: Multicenter, prospective, 1-year observational study.

Authors

Nicolle LE; Mubareka S; Simor A; Liu B; McNeil S; Lewis D; Duckworth H; Cheang M; Loeb M

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 754–759

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

August 2008

DOI

10.1086/590123

ISSN

0899-823X