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The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital
Alan J. Forster, Monica Taljaard, Natalie Oake, Kumanan Wilson, Virginia Roth and Carl van Walraven
CMAJ January 10, 2012 184 (1) 37-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110543
Alan J. Forster
From the Clinical Epidemiology Program (Forster, Taljaard, Oake, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Forster, Taljaard, Roth, van Walraven) University of Ottawa; Clinical Quality and Performance Management (Forster, Oake), The Ottawa Hospital; the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Forster, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), University of Ottawa; and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Forster, Wilson, van Walraven), Ottawa, Ont.
MD MScMonica Taljaard
From the Clinical Epidemiology Program (Forster, Taljaard, Oake, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Forster, Taljaard, Roth, van Walraven) University of Ottawa; Clinical Quality and Performance Management (Forster, Oake), The Ottawa Hospital; the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Forster, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), University of Ottawa; and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Forster, Wilson, van Walraven), Ottawa, Ont.
PhDNatalie Oake
From the Clinical Epidemiology Program (Forster, Taljaard, Oake, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Forster, Taljaard, Roth, van Walraven) University of Ottawa; Clinical Quality and Performance Management (Forster, Oake), The Ottawa Hospital; the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Forster, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), University of Ottawa; and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Forster, Wilson, van Walraven), Ottawa, Ont.
MScKumanan Wilson
From the Clinical Epidemiology Program (Forster, Taljaard, Oake, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Forster, Taljaard, Roth, van Walraven) University of Ottawa; Clinical Quality and Performance Management (Forster, Oake), The Ottawa Hospital; the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Forster, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), University of Ottawa; and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Forster, Wilson, van Walraven), Ottawa, Ont.
MD MScVirginia Roth
From the Clinical Epidemiology Program (Forster, Taljaard, Oake, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Forster, Taljaard, Roth, van Walraven) University of Ottawa; Clinical Quality and Performance Management (Forster, Oake), The Ottawa Hospital; the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Forster, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), University of Ottawa; and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Forster, Wilson, van Walraven), Ottawa, Ont.
MDCarl van Walraven
From the Clinical Epidemiology Program (Forster, Taljaard, Oake, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine (Forster, Taljaard, Roth, van Walraven) University of Ottawa; Clinical Quality and Performance Management (Forster, Oake), The Ottawa Hospital; the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Forster, Wilson, Roth, van Walraven), University of Ottawa; and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Forster, Wilson, van Walraven), Ottawa, Ont.
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Alan J. Forster, Monica Taljaard, Natalie Oake, Kumanan Wilson, Virginia Roth, Carl van Walraven
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