Substantial 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