Table 1 Patient characteristics during baseline and intervention periods of an antimicrobial stewardship program
Variable | Baseline | Intervention | P a |
|---|---|---|---|
Discharges, no. | 1409 | 3054 | |
Age, mean (SD), years | 57.4 (18.6) | 57.4 (18.7) | .933 |
Male sex | 628 (44.6) | 1304 (42.7) | .241 |
Race | |||
Asian | 93 (6.6) | 197 (6.5) | .850 |
Black | 185 (13.1) | 463 (15.2) | .074 |
Hispanic | 180 (12.8) | 377 (12.3) | .686 |
White | 940 (66.7) | 1971 (64.5) | .156 |
Health insurance | |||
Commercial, HMO, PPO | 627 (44.5) | 1274 (41.7) | .084 |
Medicare, Managed Care Medicare | 639 (45.4) | 1382 (45.3) | .951 |
Medicaid, Managed Care Medicaid | 37 (2.6) | 95 (3.1) | .374 |
ALOS, mean (SD), days | 3.9 (0.3) | 3.6 (0.3) | .118 |
Primary ICD-9 diagnosis code(s) | |||
Circulatory | 314 (22.3) | 593 (19.4) | .027 |
Diabetes mellitus | 19 (1.3) | 48 (1.6) | .569 |
Digestive | 202 (14.3) | 468 (15.3) | .391 |
Genitourinary | 182 (12.9) | 454 (14.9) | .083 |
Infectious and parasitic | 57 (4.0) | 110 (3.6) | .468 |
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue | 61 (4.3) | 160 (5.2) | .193 |
Neoplasms | 144 (10.2) | 293 (9.6) | .513 |
Respiratory | 124 (8.8) | 276 (9.0) | .797 |
Skin and subcutaneous tissue | 43 (3.1) | 81 (2.7) | .450 |