Inverse probability weighting leads to more accurate incidence estimates for healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units – results from two national surveillance systems
When prospective surveillance is not feasible, our simple method could be useful to obtain more accurate incidence rates from PPS data.
Authors
- Costanza Vicentini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0056-2463)
- Fortunato D’Ancona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9855-2924)
- M. Perego
- Stefano Finazzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-3249)
- Carla Maria Zotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3898-1206)
- Daniela Silengo
- R Bussolino
Institutions
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (IT)
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità (IT)
- Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco (IT)
- Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Turin (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Hospital Infection
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2024.10.009
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- European Commission
- Ministero della Salute
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca