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Surveillance of Overall Hospital Antibiotic Consumption: Is Stratification according to Hospital Size the Best Method?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C. Couderc ,
L. Lacavé ,
F. L'Hériteau  and
P. Astagneau
C. Couderc
Affiliation:
Northern Regional Coordinating Centre for Nosocomial Infection Control (CCLIN Paris Nord), Pavilion Leriche, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
L. Lacavé
Affiliation:
Northern Regional Coordinating Centre for Nosocomial Infection Control (CCLIN Paris Nord), Pavilion Leriche, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
F. L'Hériteau*
Affiliation:
Northern Regional Coordinating Centre for Nosocomial Infection Control (CCLIN Paris Nord), Pavilion Leriche, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
P. Astagneau
Affiliation:
Northern Regional Coordinating Centre for Nosocomial Infection Control (CCLIN Paris Nord), Pavilion Leriche, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
*
Northern Regional Coordinating Centre for Nosocomial Infection Control (CCLIN Paris Nord), Pavilion Leriche, Hôpital Broussais, 75014 Paris, France (francois-.l-heriteau@sap.aphp.fr)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 12 , December 2011 , pp. 1223 - 1225
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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