Daily probability of ward discharge for susceptible and MRSA-colonized patients |
0.13 |
0.13 |
0.15 |
mean (mean and full distribution used in model described previously31) |
Daily probability of ward discharge for MRSA-infected patients |
0.08 |
0.09 |
0.12 |
Daily probability of hospital discharge given a ward discharge |
0.18 |
0.58 |
0.51 |
Daily probability of transfer between ward types |
0.56 |
0.0036 |
0.00053 |
Daily probability of death for susceptible and MRSA-colonized patients |
0.02 |
0.007 |
0.007 |
Daily probability of death for MRSA-infected patients |
0.03 |
0.0085 |
Probability of readmission, first hospital stay |
0.26 |
0.31 |
0.26 |
mean (mean and full distribution used in model described previously31) |
Probability of readmission, second hospital stay |
0.50 |
0.67 |
0.50 |
Time (days) between discharge and readmission (mean) |
|
96.69 |
|
Probability that a patient will be readmitted to the same specialty |
1 |
0.18 |
1 |
|
All specialties and wards |
|
Proportion of patients assigned to ‘acute care of the elderly’ specialty |
0.30 |
|
Hospital beds |
ICU beds 10 |
GW beds 30 |
average ward sizes in study dataset |