Table 2. CDI incidence rates in participating hospitals.
| Variables | Tertiary hospitals | General hospitals | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | E | F | G | H | I | J | M | T | L | N | O | P | Q | R | S | |
| No. of diarrheal patients | 7,267 | 866 | 353 | 2,726 | 651 | 4,135 | 2,434 | 897 | 758 | 3,510 | 995 | 239 | 1,337 | 1,344 | 935 | 309 | 1,164 | 292 |
| No. of CDI patients | 151 | 26 | 56 | 28 | 44 | 39 | 54 | 85 | 57 | 65 | 41 | 53 | 37 | 43 | 21 | 29 | 48 | 30 |
| No. of healthcare-associated CDI patients | 136 | 25 | 56 | 26 | 44 | 36 | 50 | 80 | 57 | 60 | 37 | 53 | 30 | 38 | 17 | 24 | 47 | 23 |
| No. of community-associated CDI patients | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Patient-days | 131,824 | 80,113 | 121,422 | 66,131 | 75,565 | 67,555 | 94,363 | 119,642 | 139,856 | 53,920 | 62,122 | 55,152 | 47,851 | 44,294 | 36,979 | 20,866 | 40,252 | 30,664 |
| Admission | 17,586 | 13,559 | 17,227 | 10,701 | 12,441 | 10,753 | 11,404 | 14,077 | 26,625 | 10,199 | 9,896 | 4,419 | 7,290 | 7,255 | 6,613 | 1,830 | 6,046 | 5,343 |
| CDI/Patient-days*104 | 11.45 | 3.25 | 4.61 | 4.23 | 5.82 | 5.77 | 5.72 | 7.10 | 4.08 | 12.05 | 6.60 | 9.61 | 7.73 | 9.71 | 5.68 | 13.90 | 11.92 | 9.78 |
| HA-CDI/Patient-days*104 | 10.32 | 3.12 | 4.61 | 3.93 | 5.82 | 5.33 | 5.30 | 6.69 | 4.08 | 11.13 | 5.96 | 9.61 | 6.27 | 8.58 | 4.60 | 11.50 | 11.68 | 7.50 |
| CDI/admission*103 | 8.59 | 1.92 | 3.25 | 2.62 | 3.54 | 3.63 | 4.74 | 6.04 | 2.14 | 6.37 | 4.14 | 11.99 | 5.08 | 5.93 | 3.18 | 15.85 | 7.94 | 5.62 |
| HA-CDI/admission*103 | 7.73 | 1.84 | 3.25 | 2.43 | 3.54 | 3.35 | 4.38 | 5.68 | 2.14 | 5.88 | 3.74 | 11.99 | 4.12 | 5.24 | 2.57 | 13.11 | 7.77 | 4.30 |
| No. of 1st episode of CDI | 137 | 25 | 54 | 26 | 42 | 37 | 52 | 81 | 54 | 59 | 34 | 49 | 36 | 43 | 19 | 26 | 42 | 28 |
CDI = Clostridioides difficile infection, HA-CDI = healthcare-associated CDI.