Table 6

Reclassification of hospital levels for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection risk-adjustment in public hospitals in Queensland, Australia

Hospital ID

MRSA risk score

Reclassified level

Original level

Acute Renal Dialysis

(Coeff 1.02)

Cardiac Surgery

(Coeff .46)

Infectious Diseases

(Coeff 1.14)

Plastic Surgery

(Coeff -.73)


1

2.2

1

2

Yes

No

Yes

No

13

1.9

1

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

7

1.9

1

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

10

1.4

1

1

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

2

1.4

1

2

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

12

1.0

2

2

Yes

No

No

No

9

1.0

2

2

Yes

No

No

No

14

1.0

2

3

Yes

No

No

No

17

1.0

2

3

Yes

No

No

No

8

0.5

2

1

No

Yes

No

No

5

0.4

2

1

No

No

Yes

Yes

6

0.3

2

2

Yes

No

No

Yes

19

0

3

2

No

No

No

No

4

0

3

1

No

No

No

No

15

0

3

3

No

No

No

No

16

0

3

3

No

No

No

No

20

0

3

3

No

No

No

No

21

0

3

3

No

No

No

No

23

0

3

2

No

No

No

No

18

0

3

2

No

No

No

No

24

0

3

3

No

No

No

No


Yes = Medical service available

No = Medical service not available

Reclassification is based on risk scores derived from the medical services provided and coefficients from logistic regression models of the relationship between each medical service and the monthly occurrence of infection in each hospital.

Tong et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2009 9:145   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-145

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