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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Nurs. 2017 Mar 14;26(17-18):2558–2571. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13626

Table 4.

Excess healthcare utilization reported

Treatments for CAUTI Blockage
Type of excess healthcare events Total n events
(n=268)
Number and % people affected
(n=110)
(57%)
Total n events for reports on up to 12 blockages
(n= 344)
Number and % affected people affected (n=66)
(34%)
Extra nurse home visit 50 40 (36.70%) 97 26 (39.39%)
Extra office visit 73 45 (41.28%) 29 18 (27.27%)
ED visit 79 51 (46.79%) 17 12 (18.18%)
Hospitalized 49 31 (28.44%) N/A N/A
Catheter changed 155 84 (77.06%) 209 55 (83.33%)
Urine cultured 216 98 (89.91%) N/A N/A
Antibiotic prescribed 267 109 (100%) N/A N/A