Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Epidemiology of Hospitalizations Associated with Invasive Candidiasis, United States, 2002–20121
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![Average annual invasive candidiasis−associated hospitalizations, United States, 2002−2012. Data were provided by State Inpatient Databases through the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project maintained by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Diagnoses were classified by using Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality clinical classification software (17) and multiple codes and ranges from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification.](/eid/images/16-1198-F1.jpg)
Figure 1. Average annual invasive candidiasis−associated hospitalizations, United States, 2002−2012. Data were provided by State Inpatient Databases through the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project maintained by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Diagnoses were classified by using Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality clinical classification software (17) and multiple codes and ranges from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification.
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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the IDWeek 2015 Conference; October 7–11, 2015; San Diego, California, USA.
2Current affiliation: American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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