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Nosocomial infection, the Deficit Reduction Act, and incentives for hospitals.
Graves N, McGowan JE Jr. JAMA. 2008;300:1577-1579.

This commentary describes how nosocomial infections affect health care costs and how Medicare's policy of not paying for certain hospital-acquired conditions may influence hospital practice.
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