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Volume 8, Number 12, December 2002

Using Automated Health Plan Data to Assess Infection Risk from Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Richard Platt,*†‡ Ken Kleinman,*† Kristin Thompson,*† Rachel S. Dokholyan,*† James M. Livingston,*‡ Andrew Bergman,*§ John H. Mason,*# Teresa C. Horan,** Robert P. Gaynes,** Steven L. Solomon,** and Kenneth E. Sands *††
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Eastern Massachusetts Prevention Epicenter, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; †Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ‡Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; §Tufts Health Plan, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; #Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and ††Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

 
 
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Figure 2. Proportion of patients with an indicator of infection, by hospital and 6-month period.

 

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