. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Sep 9;36(12):1475–1476. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.214

Table.

Associations between state Department of Health policies and activities and deficiency citations in nursing homes

Policy/Activity	Infection control citations			Care quality citations

	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Advisory group or collaborative	0.91	0.70, 1.12	0.434	1.19	0.85, 1.54	0.231
Infection control training or materials	0.67	0.48, 0.86	0.006	0.80	0.45, 1.45	0.333
Mandatory or voluntary HAI reporting	0.61	0.49, 0.75	<0.001	0.75	0.55, 0.95	0.036

Note. Estimates produced using logistic regression models with regional and urbanicity fixed-effects and state clustering, adjusting for facility, resident population and market characteristics similar to other studies.^6,7 OR = Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval; HAI = Healthcare Associated Infection.