Table 2.
Change in the Rate of Antibiotic Use and of Positive C. difficile Tests in the LTCF vs. Hospital
| Change in Intercept | Change in Slope | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate of Antibiotic Use | mean | LCIa | UCIb | P value | mean | LCIa | UCIb | P value |
| Total, LTCF | 7.8 | -26.2 | 41.8 | .65 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 6.5 | .03 |
| Total, hospital | -14.9 | -67.8 | 37.9 | .57 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 9.7 | .03 |
| Oral, LTCF | 2.5 | -27.5 | 32.4 | .87 | 1.8 | -1.0 | 4.5 | .21 |
| Oral, hospital | 18.7 | -2.4 | 39.7 | .08 | 0.0 | -1.8 | 1.8 | .96 |
| Intravenous, LTCF | 6.3 | -11.6 | 24.1 | .48 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 3.4 | .04 |
| Intravenous, hospital | -32.8 | -80.1 | 14.5 | .17 | 4.9 | 0.76 | 9.0 | .02 |
| Rates of Change of Positive C. difficile test/1000 DOC | ||||||||
| LTCF | -0.20 | -0.79 | 0.38 | .48 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.1 | .04 |
| Hospital | 0.79 | -0.11 | 1.69 | .09 | 0.0 | -0.79 | -0.1 | .93 |
a
Lower Confidence Interval
b
Upper Confidence Interval