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Pronovost Slide13

It Is Time To Get Serious about the Science of Healthcare Delivery

Text version of slide presentation from a National Advisory Council meeting.

Massachusetts Histogram

Text Description is below the image.

Massachusetts, Pre vs. Post

Image: Two bar charts compare Massachusetts's blood stream infection (BSI) rate per 1,000 Central Line Days for baseline data (up to 12 months) versus the last six months of good data.

BSI Rate for baseline data:

  • Mean: 1.298506
  • Median: 0.942507

BSI Rate for last six months of good data:

  • Mean: 0.705078
  • Median: 0

p = 0.2191.

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Internet Citation: Pronovost Slide13. Content last reviewed October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2011-04-nac/pronovost/slide13.html

 

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