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Substantial variation in hospital rankings after adjusting for hospital-level predictors of publicly-reported hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection rates.

Rupak Datta, N Neely Kazerouni, Jon Rosenberg, Vinh Q Nguyen, Michael Phelan, John Billimek, Chenghua Cao, Patricia McLendon, Kate Cummings, Susan S Huang
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2015 April
Across 366 California hospitals, we identified hospital-level characteristics predicting increased hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HA-CDI) rates including more licensed beds, teaching and long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals, and polymerase chain reaction testing. Adjustment for these characteristics impacted rankings in 24% of teaching hospitals, 13% of community hospitals, and 11% of LTAC hospitals.

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