Constructing accurate patient transfer networks between hospitals is critical for understanding the spread of healthcare associated infections through statistical and mathematical modeling, and for determining optimal screening and treatment …
**OBJECTIVE:** To estimate the burden of Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) due to interfacility patient sharing at regional and hospital levels.
**DESIGN:** Retrospective observational study.
**METHODS:** We used data from the Healthcare Cost …
**BACKGROUND:** Surgical site infections (SSIs) after total knee (TKA) and total hip (THA) arthroplasty are devastating to patients and costly to healthcare systems. The purpose of this study is to investigate the seasonality of TKA and THA SSIs at a …
The incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) is seasonal, and this seasonality may be explained by changes in weather, specifically, temperature. Using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, we identified the geographic location for 581,813 …
Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and US weather data, we estimated the probability of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) being diagnosed as Legionnaires' disease (LD). LD risk increases when weather is warm and humid. With warm weather, we found …
**Background:** Outpatient therapies for urinary tract infections (UTIs) are becoming limited due to antimicrobial resistance. The purpose of this paper is to report how the incidence of hospitalizations for UTIs have varied over time in both men and …
**Background:** Readmission within 30 days of a COPD hospitalization is a common measure of performance for COPD care. However, most studies of COPD readmission risk have been constrained to a single data source, private payer claims, or Medicare …
**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 …