2015
Impact of Hospital Population Case-Mix, Including Poverty, on Hospital All-Cause and Infection-Related 30-Day Readmission Rates
Gohil SK, Datta R, Cao C, Phelan MJ, Nguyen V, Rowther AA, Huang SS. Impact of Hospital Population Case-Mix, Including Poverty, on Hospital All-Cause and Infection-Related 30-Day Readmission Rates. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 61: 1235-1243. PMID: 26129752, PMCID: PMC4583583, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection-related readmissionReadmission ratesSkilled nursing facilitiesNursing facilitiesCalifornia acute care hospitalsPreventable healthcare-associated infectionsHospital rankingsHospital risk factorsRetrospective cohort studyProportion of readmissionsAcute care hospitalsHealthcare-associated infectionsHigher proportionCause readmissionCare hospitalCohort studyHospital readmissionProlonged lengthPatient populationRisk factorsAcademic hospitalReadmissionCase mixHospitalComorbidities
2014
Substantial Shifts in Ranking of California Hospitals by Hospital-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Following Adjustment for Hospital Characteristics and Case Mix
Tehrani DM, Phelan MJ, Cao C, Billimek J, Datta R, Nguyen H, Kwark H, Huang SS. Substantial Shifts in Ranking of California Hospitals by Hospital-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Following Adjustment for Hospital Characteristics and Case Mix. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2014, 35: 1263-1270. PMID: 25203180, DOI: 10.1086/678069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHA-MRSA infectionsCase mixHospital rankingsCalifornia acute care hospitalsHospital-Associated MethicillinRetrospective cohort studyMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusAcute care hospitalsFacility-level characteristicsPatient population characteristicsFacility-level factorsMandatory hospitalizationMRSA pneumoniaSerious comorbiditiesCohort studyCare hospitalHospital proportionHospital characteristicsCommunity hospitalPopulation characteristicsHospital case mixAdmissionInfection prevention performanceHospitalInfection risk