Table 3.
Demographics of Crossover Patients vs Patients Staying Within Same Hospital System
MRSA (n = 4857) |
VRE (n = 679) |
Both (n = 734) |
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Demographic | Crossover | Same | P Value | Crossover | Same | P Value | Crossover | Same | P Value |
Age, in years | 54.8 | 57.7 | <.001 | 62.1 | 60.1 | .48 | 58.6 | 59.0 | .75 |
% Female, n | 55.4 | 50.3 | .003 | 72.9 | 58.5 | .004 | 63.0 | 52.3 | .01 |
% Black | 24.0 | 23.8 | .92 | 19.4 | 18.4 | .87 | 38.3 | 26.1 | .01 |
Abbreviations: MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci.