Can Managed Health Care Help Manage Health Care-Associated Infections?
| Title: | Can Managed Health Care Help Manage Health Care-Associated Infections? |
| Author: |
Platt, Richard; Caldwell, Blake
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| Citation: | Platt, Richard, and Blake Caldwell. 2001. Can managed health care help manage health care-associated infections? Emerging Infectious Diseases 7(2): 358-362. |
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| Abstract: | Managed-care organizations have a unique opportunity, still largely unrealized, to collaborate with health-care providers and epidemiologists to prevent health care-associated infections. Several attributes make these organizations logical collaborators for infection control programs: they have responsibility for defined populations of enrollees and for their overall health, including preventive care; they possess unique data resources about their members and their care; and they are able to make systemwide changes in care. Health care-associated infections merit the attention and effort of managed-care organizations because these infections are common, incur substantial illness and costs, and can be effectively prevented by using methods that are unevenly applied in different health-care settings. Both national and local discussions will be required to enable the most effective and efficient collaborations between managed care organizations and health-care epidemiologists. It will be important to articulate clear goals and standards that can be readily understood and widely adopted. |
| Published Version: | doi:10.3201/eid0702.010243 |
| Other Sources: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631722/pdf/ |
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