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Impact of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Contact Isolation Units on Medical Care

Vincent Massé, Louis Valiquette, Soraya Boukhoudmi, Francis Bonenfant, Yasmine Talab, Jean-Christophe Carvalho, Isabelle Alarie, Nathalie Carrier, Paul Farand

PLoS ONE · 2013 · 31 citations · 7 references

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Isolated patients have less documented care that suggests less bedside visits from the medical staff, which could hamper the therapeutical relationship. Further studies are needed to explain this finding.

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Coding Algorithms for Defining Comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data

Hude Quan, Vijaya Sundararajan, Patricia Halfon et al. · Medical Care · 2005 · 10.2K citations

The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada

G. Ross Baker · Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2004 · 2.3K citations · Full text

The Charlson comorbidity index is adapted to predict costs of chronic disease in primary care patients

Mary E. Charlson, Robert E. Charlson, Janey C. Peterson et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2008 · 921 citations

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Safety of Patients Isolated for Infection Control

Henry T. Stelfox · JAMA · 2003 · 570 citations

Do physicians examine patients in contact isolation less frequently? A brief report

Sanjay Saint, Leigh Ann Higgins, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 2003 · 213 citations

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