title: Will a policy of refusing reimbursement for health care-associated infections be a sufficient incentive to drive improvements?--reply.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts2Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zimlichman
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts3Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans