Treated, hospital-onset Clostridiodes difficile infection: An evaluation of predictors and feasibility of benchmarking comparing 2 risk-adjusted models among 265 hospitals.

Kalvin C YuGang YeJonathan R Edwards Raymund B Dantes Vikas GuptaChinEn AiKristina BetzAndrea L Benin

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)

Hospital descriptors, aggregate patient characteristics, CO-CDI burden, and clinical testing practices significantly influence incidence of cHT-CDI. Benchmarking a cHT-CDI metric is feasible and should include facility and clinical variables.

Keyphrases

healthcare
risk factors
primary care
acute care
adverse drug
emergency department
long term care
drug induced