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Identifying Patients With Severe Hospital-Acquired Infections Due to Staphylococcus aureus by Using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Problems and Pitfalls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C. Souvignet
Affiliation:
Aventis Pasteur Lyon, France
G. Frebourg
Affiliation:
Aventis Pasteur Lyon, France
L. Baril
Affiliation:
Aventis Pasteur Lyon, France and, Institut Pasteur Paris, France
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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