Influence of a patient transfer network of US inpatient facilities on the incidence of nosocomial infections

Abstract Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are a substantial source of morbidity and mortality and have a common reservoir in inpatient settings. Transferring patients between facilities could be a mechanism for the spread of these infections. We wanted to assess whether a network of hospita...

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Main Authors: Juan Fernández-Gracia, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Michael L. Barnett, Víctor M. Eguíluz, Nicholas A. Christakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02245-7