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. 2020 Apr 29;11(2):315–322. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709507

Table 2. Definitions of all independent variables and covariates. All variables were categorical and retrieved from University of California, Los Angeles's Clarity database with the exception of influenza incidence, which is continuous and retrieved from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Independent variables Details
Intervention period Preintervention (2013–2016), reflex testing (2016–2017), and noninterruptive CDS (2017–2019)
Covariates Details
Provider Provider ID number
Time Month to year of the ordering date
Season Month of the ordering date
Clinical setting Inpatient, ED, and ambulatory
Severe illness or cardiorespiratory compromise Binary; at least 1 ICD-10 code among a list of various child concepts of parents R57 (shock), R65 (SIRS/sepsis), I46 (cardiac arrest), I50 (heart failure), J96 (respiratory failure), P27–29 (respiratory/cardiovascular conditions of the newborn)
Immunocompromised state Binary; at least 1 ICD-10 code among: B20 (HIV), D80–84 (immunodeficiency), Z94 (transplant organ status)
Influenza-like illness or viral upper respiratory infection Binary; at least 1 ICD-10 code among: J06.9 (acute upper respiratory infection), J9–11 (influenza), J20–22 (bronchiolitis/unspecified acute lower respiratory infection)
Influenza incidence Percent of positive influenza PCR tests at sentinel laboratories that report to Los Angeles County

Abbreviations: CDS, clinical decision support; ED, emergency department; ICD, international Classification of Disease; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.