Table 6.
Compliance with particular standards (such as use of steroids when indicated) before (epoch 1) and after (epoch 2) phase one of Safer Patients Initiative (SPI1). Figures are numbers (percentage, SE) and odds ratios for effect of SPI1
| Control hospitals | SPI1 hospitals | OR (99% CI)†, P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch 1 | Epoch 2* | Epoch 1 | Epoch 2* | |||
| Asthma or COPD: given systemic steroids within 24 hours | 129 (88, 3) | 135 (93, 2) | 224 (91, 2) | 199 (88, 2) | 0.7 (0.2 to 2.9), 0.500 | |
| Asthma peak flow record‡ | 34 (79, 7) | 29 (83, 7) | 78 (82, 4) | 37 (65, 8) | 0.6 (0.04 to 8.2), 0.570 | |
| Pneumonia: CURB score recorded in notes | 102 (2, 1) | 111 (23, 4) | 170 (2, 1) | 189 (9, 2) | 0.3 (0.02 to 3.4), 0.173 | |
COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CURB=confusion/urea/respiratory rate/blood pressure score.
*After intervention.
†OR >1 favours SPI1.
‡Item with significant between hospital components of variation within arms of study (P<0.01).