Can managed health care help manage health care-associated infections?

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Platt, R. ; Caldwell, B.
• Description:
  Managed-care organizations have a unique opportunity, still largely unrealized, to collaborate with health-care providers and epidemiologists to prevent health care-associated infections. Several attributes make these organizations logical collaborators for infection control programs: they have responsibility for defined populations of enrollees and for their overall health, including preventive care; they possess unique data resources about their members and their care; and they are able to make systemwide changes in care. Health care-associated infections merit the attention and effort of managed-care organizations because these infections are common, incur substantial illness and costs, and can be effectively prevented by using methods that are unevenly applied in different health-care settings. Both national and local discussions will be required to enable the most effective and efficient collaborations between managed care organizations and health-care epidemiologists. It will be important to articulate clear goals and standards that can be readily understood and widely adopted.
• Subjects:
  Cooperative Behavior Cross Infection Delivery Of Health Care Humans Managed Care Programs Postoperative Complications Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus Agalactiae Tuberculosis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):358-362.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d3d59d79d473e724f72d9c5c58c782b097a70174f84445eed887476663d4f89a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15111/cdc_15111_DS1.pdf
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