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Nosocomial Infection, Length of Stay, and Time-Dependent Bias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jan Beyersmann ,
Thomas Kneib ,
Martin Schumacher  and
Petra Gastmeier
Jan Beyersmann*
Affiliation:
Freiburg Centre for Data Analysis and Modelling, University of Freiburg, Germany Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Thomas Kneib
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Martin Schumacher
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Petra Gastmeier
Affiliation:
Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
*
Freiburg Centre for Data Analysis and Modelling, University of Freiburg, Eckerstrasse 1, Freiburg, D-79104, Germany([email protected])
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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.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 273 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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