Nancy Verzier

• Racial Disparities in the Frequency of Patient Safety Events

  Mark L Metersky, David R Hunt et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2011

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  BACKGROUND: Although there is extensive evidence of racial disparities in processes and outcomes of medical care, there has been limited investigation of disparities in patient safety. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there are racial disparities in the frequency of adverse events studied in the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: Abstraction of 102,623 randomly selected charts from hospital discharges of non-Hispanic w…

• Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections From Medicare Claims

  Chunliu Zhan, Anne Elixhauser et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2009•Referências: 16

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  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the first 6 conditions Medicare is targeting to reduce payment associated with hospital-acquired conditions under Congressional mandate. This study was to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) and sensitivity in identifying patients in Medicare claims who had urinary catheterization and who had hospital-acquired CAUTIs. RESEARCH DESIG…

• Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections From Medicare Claims

  Chunliu Zhan, Anne Elixhauser et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2009•Referências: 16

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  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the first 6 conditions Medicare is targeting to reduce payment associated with hospital-acquired conditions under Congressional mandate. This study was to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) and sensitivity in identifying patients in Medicare claims who had urinary catheterization and who had hospital-acquired CAUTIs. RESEARCH DESIG…

• Racial Disparities in the Frequency of Patient Safety Events

  Mark L Metersky, David R Hunt et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2011

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  BACKGROUND: Although there is extensive evidence of racial disparities in processes and outcomes of medical care, there has been limited investigation of disparities in patient safety. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there are racial disparities in the frequency of adverse events studied in the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: Abstraction of 102,623 randomly selected charts from hospital discharges of non-Hispanic w…

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