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. 2021 Mar 23;41(6):1487–1494. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01033-6

Table 3.

Outcome and process measures.

Pre-guideline (2017–2018) Post-guideline (2019) Ratio, Post: Pre p
Months 24 12
Admissions 1407 666
Transfusions 359 79 0.33a 0.0001
 Indicated 183 (51%) 60 (76%)
 Non-indicated 176 (49%) 19 (24%)
Transfusions per month 15.0 ± 0.8b 6.6 ± 0.7 0.44c <0.0001
 Indicated 7.6 ± 0.6 5.0 ± 0.6 0.66 0.005
 Non-indicated 7.3 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.4 0.22 <0.0001
Transfusions per 100 admissions 25.5 ± 1.4 11.9 ± 1.3 0.46 <0.0001
 Indicated 13.0 ± 1.0 9.0 ± 1.2 0.69 0.01
 Non-indicated 12.5 ± 0.9 2.9 ± 0.7 0.23 <0.0001
Patients with non-indicated transfusion 62 11
 Per month 2.6 ± 0.3 0.9 ± 0.3 0.35 0.002
 Per 100 admissions 4.4 ± 0.6 1.7 ± 0.5 0.37 0.003

aOdds ratio (OR) for non-indicated transfusion, from logistic regression. p tests H0: OR = 1.

bRate ± standard error, from Poisson regression.

cRate ratio (RR) from Poisson regression. p tests H0: RR = 1.