TY - JOUR AU - Hota, Susy AU - Achonu, Camille AU - Crowcroft, Natasha AU - Harvey, Bart AU - Lauwers, Albert AU - Gardam, Michael T1 - Determining Mortality Rates Attributable to Clostridium difficile Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 2 SP - 305 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007–2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review. Data on death within 30 days were more feasible than panel review and more accurate than death certificate data. KW - Clostridium difficile KW - mortality KW - mortality rates KW - deaths KW - death certificates KW - panel review KW - Ontario KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1802.101611 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/2/10-1611_article ER - End of Reference