Nosocomial Infection, Length of Stay, and Time-Dependent Bias
2009 | journal article
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- Authors
- Beyersmann, Jan; Kneib, Thomas ; Schumacher, Martin; Gastmeier, Petra
- Abstract
- Nosocomial pneumonia and its impact on length of stay are major healthcare concerns. From an epidemiological perspective, nosocomial pneumonia is a time-dependent event. Any statistical analysis that does not explicitly model this time dependency will be biased. The bias is not redeemed by adjusting for baseline information.
- Issue Date
- 2009
- Journal
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- ISSN
- 0899-823X
- Language
- English