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. 2021 Feb 10;73(12):2248–2256. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab111

Table 2.

COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing Utilitization Before and After Implementation of the COvid Risk cALculator

PUIs, % OR (95% CI)
Outcome Before CORAL After CORAL Unadjusted Adjusteda P Value
Underwent repeated testing after initial negative NAAT result and repeated testing 67.0 54.3 0.59 (.52–.66) 0.53 (.44–.63) <.01
Underwent additional diagnostic testing after 2 Negative NAAT results with additional diagnostic testing 30.4 18.8 0.53 (.45–.63) 0.42 (.33–.54) <.01

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CORAL, COvid Risk cALculator; NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; OR, odds ratio; PUIs, persons under investigation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

aWe adjusted all analyses for daily COVID-19 incidence among hospitalized PUIs.