Appendix Table 4.
Do the First 8 Secondary Diagnoses Capture Most of the Hospital-acquired CAUTI Events?
| Michigan hospitalizations in 2009 with a hospital-acquired CAUTIa |
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|---|---|---|
| First 8 secondary diagnoses (Diagnoses 2–9) |
All secondary diagnoses (Diagnoses 2–30) |
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| All Payer Hospitalizations N(%) | 180 (56.1) | 321 (100.0) |
| Medicareb Hospitalizations N(%) | 118 (54.9) | 215 (100.0) |
Abbreviations: CAUTI - catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection,
a
Source: 2009 Michigan HCUP State Inpatient Dataset.
b
Medicare defined as primary or secondary payer is Medicare.