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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedOlsen MA, Young-Xu Y, Stwalley D
The burden of Clostridium difficile infection: estimates of the incidence of CDI from U.S. administrative databases.
The researchers used comparable methods with multiple administrative databases to compare the incidence of clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in older and younger persons in the United States. They found that the incidence of CDI was 10-fold lower and the proportion of community-onset CDI was much higher in the privately insured younger LabRx population compared to the elderly Medicare population.
AHRQ-funded; HS019455.
Citation: Olsen MA, Young-Xu Y, Stwalley D .
The burden of Clostridium difficile infection: estimates of the incidence of CDI from U.S. administrative databases.
BMC Infect Dis 2016 Apr 22;16:177. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1501-7.
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Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Clostridium difficile Infections, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Data, Prevention
Pakyz AL, Patterson JA, Motzkus-Feagans C
Performance of the present-on-admission indicator for Clostridium difficile infection.
The researchers compared performance of a hospital- and community-onset Clostridium difficile infection definition using administrative data to a present on- admission indicator with definitions using clinical surveillance. For hospital-onset C. difficile infection, there was moderate sensitivity (68 percent) and high specificity (93 percent); for community-onset, sensitivity and specificity were high (both 85 percent).
AHRQ-funded; HS018578.
Citation: Pakyz AL, Patterson JA, Motzkus-Feagans C .
Performance of the present-on-admission indicator for Clostridium difficile infection.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015 Jul;36(7):838-40. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.63..
Keywords: Clostridium difficile Infections, Patient Safety, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Data