TABLE 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of 27 Hospitals Included in the Analysis

Hospital No.	No. of Patients	Time to Engraftment (median, d)	Age (median, y)	Sex (female, %)	Race (nonwhite, %)	DSI/1,000 Neutropenic Days
21	13	21.7	12.4	41	18	89
16	14	23.7	10.4	44	35	97
23	15	23.7	8.5	31	0	0
6	16	19.3	13.2	29	18	20
27	16	21.2	11.5	47	0	83
7	17	16.8	10.7	48	38	74
26	17	20.7	8.8	43	30	27
12	18	18.2	10.1	43	9.2	0
15	19	15.8	10.4	50	36	6
25	19	22.7	10.8	33	14	0
17	21	26.7	9.6	36	30	14
19	21	19.7	7.3	37	11	72
8	22	19.2	12.0	44	13	0
13	22	22.7	9.6	38	21	115
22	23	18.3	9.2	29	29	94
4	24	13.8	8.6	48	8.7	22
2	28	24.7	9.1	56	22	51
20	28	15.8	6.8	29	64	55
1	34	16.8	10.7	41	41	39
5	39	24.7	6.6	33	25	10
3	40	20.7	9.7	31	56	11
11	40	24.7	8.5	34	18	63
18	40	23.7	7.7	50	18	24
9	48	15.8	8.7	44	10	55
24	50	19.2	11.4	43	15	6
14	61	21.7	10.0	37	0	48
10	65	17.8	8.6	43	36	33
Full cohort	770	19.7	9.6	41	22	39

Note. DSI, days of significant illness.