Article
Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims: Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value
Medical Care
(2009)
Abstract
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.
Disciplines
Publication Date
March, 2009
DOI
10.1097/MLR.0b013e31818af83d
Citation Information
Michael J. Pineau. "Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims: Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value" Medical Care Vol. 47 Iss. 3 (2009) p. 364 - 369 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael-pineau/5/