TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Patient Population by Performance of Testing and Prophylaxis (n = 12 687)
| Factor | n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriate Testing | Appropriate Prophylaxis | |||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Hospital level | ||||
| Pathway | ||||
| Yes | 1893 (49) | 1967 (51) | 1653 (43) | 2207 (57) |
| No | 3712 (42) | 5115 (58) | 2734 (31) | 6093 (69) |
| Team | ||||
| Yes | 3777 (46) | 4353 (54) | 2828 (35) | 5302 (65) |
| No | 1828 (40) | 2729 (60) | 1559 (34) | 2998 (66) |
| Region | ||||
| Midwest | 1842 (52) | 1689 (48) | 1414 (40) | 2117 (60) |
| Northeast | 568 (48) | 605 (52) | 493 (42) | 680 (58) |
| South | 2774 (40) | 4192 (60) | 2193 (31) | 4773 (69) |
| West | 421 (41) | 596 (59) | 287 (28) | 730 (72) |
| Patient level | ||||
| Age, y | ||||
| 12 | 759 (37) | 1318 (63) | 501 (24) | 1576 (76) |
| 13 | 1164 (43) | 1571 (57) | 869 (32) | 1866 (68) |
| 14 | 1283 (45) | 1587 (55) | 1009 (35) | 1861 (65) |
| 15 | 1167 (49) | 1204 (51) | 994 (42) | 1377 (58) |
| 16–18 | 1232 (47) | 1402 (53) | 1014 (39) | 1620 (61) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 5266 (44) | 6596 (56) | 4212 (36) | 7650 (64) |
| Male | 339 (41) | 486 (59) | 175 (21) | 650 (79) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 1953 (45) | 2378 (55) | 1578 (36) | 2753 (64) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 2281 (47) | 2570 (53) | 1798 (37) | 3053 (63) |
| Hispanic | 1009 (38) | 1682 (62) | 695 (26) | 1996 (74) |
| Other | 362 (44) | 452 (56) | 316 (39) | 498 (61) |
| Insurance | ||||
| Private | 1737 (44) | 2218 (56) | 1333 (34) | 2622 (66) |
| Public | 2923 (44) | 3693 (56) | 2330 (35) | 4286 (65) |
| Uninsured | 568 (48) | 625 (52) | 448 (38) | 745 (62) |
| Other | 377 (41) | 546 (59) | 276 (30) | 647 (70) |