2015
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
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