Table 1.

Main Outcome Measures.

Patient	Utilization of services	Quality of care	Adverse effects or harms	Resource use
• Mortality	• Length of hospital stay	• Appropriateness of antimicrobial use and guideline adherence	• Medication associated adverse effects	• Cost
• Resolution of infection including resolution of symptoms (if applicable)	• Admission to intensive care units	• Quality of antimicrobial use (appropriate antimicrobial use, adherence to guidelines, de-escalation, switch from IV to PO)	• C. difficile infection	• Human resources, time
• Recurrence of infection	• Re-admission rates		• Antimicrobial resistance	• Microbiologic testing
• Complications of infection (bacteremia, pyelonephritis)			• Colonization with multidrug-resistant strains	• Antimicrobial use metrics