Volume 8, Number 12—December 2002

Research

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*††

Author affiliations: *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; ††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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