Jacob E Simmering1, Linnea A Polgreen1, David R Campbell2, Joseph E Cavanaugh3, Philip M Polgreen4. 1. 1Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science,University of Iowa,Iowa City,Iowa. 2. 2Department of Computer Science,University of Iowa,Iowa City,Iowa. 3. 3Department of Biostatistics,University of Iowa,Iowa City,Iowa. 4. 4Departments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology,University of Iowa,Iowa City,Iowa.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of interhospital patient sharing via transfers on the rate of Clostridium difficile infections in a hospital. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. METHODS: Using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project California State Inpatient Database, 2005-2011, we identified 2,752,639 transfers. We then constructed a series of networks detailing the connections formed by hospitals. We computed 2 measures of connectivity, indegree and weighted indegree, measuring the number of hospitals from which transfers into a hospital arrive, and the total number of incoming transfers, respectively. Next, we estimated a multivariate model of C. difficile infection cases using the log-transformed network measures as well as covariates for hospital fixed effects, log median length of stay, log fraction of patients aged 65 or older, and quarter and year indicators as predictors. RESULTS: We found an increase of 1 in the log indegree was associated with a 4.8% increase in incidence of C. difficile infection (95% CI, 2.3%-7.4%) and an increase of 1 in log weighted indegree was associated with a 3.3% increase in C. difficile infection incidence (1.5%-5.2%). Moreover, including measures of connectivity in our models greatly improved their fit. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest infection control is not under the exclusive control of a given hospital but is also influenced by the connections and number of connections that hospitals have with other hospitals.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of interhospital patient sharing via transfers on the rate of Clostridium difficileinfections in a hospital. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort. METHODS: Using data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project California State Inpatient Database, 2005-2011, we identified 2,752,639 transfers. We then constructed a series of networks detailing the connections formed by hospitals. We computed 2 measures of connectivity, indegree and weighted indegree, measuring the number of hospitals from which transfers into a hospital arrive, and the total number of incoming transfers, respectively. Next, we estimated a multivariate model of C. difficileinfection cases using the log-transformed network measures as well as covariates for hospital fixed effects, log median length of stay, log fraction of patients aged 65 or older, and quarter and year indicators as predictors. RESULTS: We found an increase of 1 in the log indegree was associated with a 4.8% increase in incidence of C. difficileinfection (95% CI, 2.3%-7.4%) and an increase of 1 in log weighted indegree was associated with a 3.3% increase in C. difficileinfection incidence (1.5%-5.2%). Moreover, including measures of connectivity in our models greatly improved their fit. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest infection control is not under the exclusive control of a given hospital but is also influenced by the connections and number of connections that hospitals have with other hospitals.
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