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 mixHospitalComorbiditiesSubstantial Variation in Hospital Rankings after Adjusting for Hospital-Level Predictors of Publicly-Reported Hospital-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Rates
Datta R, Kazerouni NN, Rosenberg J, Nguyen VQ, Phelan M, Billimek J, Cao C, McLendon P, Cummings K, Huang SS. Substantial Variation in Hospital Rankings after Adjusting for Hospital-Level Predictors of Publicly-Reported Hospital-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Rates. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2015, 36: 464-466. PMID: 25782902, DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.83.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infection ratesDifficile infection ratesLong-term acute care hospitalInfection ratePolymerase chain reaction testingHospital-level predictorsHospital-level characteristicsAcute care hospitalsCare hospitalCommunity hospitalLTAC hospitalTeaching hospitalLicensed bedsReaction testingHospitalCalifornia hospitalsHospital rankings
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