title: Authors' Response to Letter Regarding "Questionable validity of the catheter-associated urinary tract infection metric used for value-based purchasing".
authors.affiliation: Health Watch USA, Somerset, KY. Electronic address: Kavanagh.ent@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kevin T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kavanagh
authors.affiliation: Health Watch USA, Somerset, KY; Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
authors.forename: Lindsay E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Calderon
authors.affiliation: Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
authors.forename: Mara K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing