Association of Community Factors with Hospital-onset Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Infection: A Population Based U.S.-wide Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile ranks first among the pathogens of hospital-acquired infections with hospital-based preventive strategies being only partially successful in containing its spread.

Methods

We performed a spatial statistical analysis to examine the association between population characteristics and parameters of community healthcare practice and delivery with hospital-onset Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (HO-CDI), using data from the Medicare Hospital Compare, Medicare Provider Utilization Part D, and other databases. Among the areas with the highest HO-CDI rates ("hot spots"), we conducted a geographically weighted regression (GWR) to quantify the effect of the decrease in the modifi

SUBMITTER: Zacharioudakis IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537581 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature