title: Commentary: preventing Clostridium difficile-associated disease: is it time to pay the piper?
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. eperence@epi.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Eli N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Perencevich
authors.forename: Kerri A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thom
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000191:economics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States