Hospitalizations among family members increase the risk of MRSA infection in a household.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Estimate the risk for household transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) following exposure to infected family members or family members recently discharged from a hospital.

Design

Analysis of monthly MRSA incidence from longitudinal insurance claims using the Merative MarketScan Commercial and Medicare (2001-2021) databases.

Setting

Visits to inpatient, emergency department, and outpatient settings.

Patients

Households with ≥2 family members enrolled in the same insurance plan for the entire month.

Methods

We estimated a monthly incidence model, where enrollees were binned into monthly enrollment strata defined by demographic, patient, and exposure characteristics. Monthly incidence within each stratum was computed, a

SUBMITTER: Miller AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439592 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature