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 |
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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.