Table 2.
Patients With Multiple Prior Healthcare Exposures, Excluding “Other Outpatient Care”: 2001–2017 Nationwide Hospitalizations in IBM MarketScan Research Databasea
| Setting | 30 Days | 60 Days | 90 Days | 120 Days | 150 Days | 180 Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital-onset CDI | ||||||
| No exposure | 37 006 (52.3) | 30 893 (43.66) | 26 773 (37.84) | 23 998 (33.91) | 21 920 (30.98) | 20 226 (28.58) |
| ≥1 setting | 33 754 (47.7) | 39 867 (56.34) | 43 987 (62.16) | 46 762 (66.09) | 48 840 (69.02) | 50 534 (71.42) |
| ≥2 settings | 8430 (11.91) | 13 238 (18.71) | 16 802 (23.75) | 19 637 (27.75) | 22 064 (31.18) | 24 045 (33.98) |
| ≥3 settings | 848 (1.2) | 2004 (2.83) | 3068 (4.34) | 4176 (5.9) | 5175 (7.31) | 6144 (8.68) |
| No CDI (and LOS ≥3 d) | ||||||
| No exposure | 5 386 358 (78.17) | 4 967 053 (72.08) | 4 631 107 (67.21) | 4 363 673 (63.33) | 4 139 714 (60.08) | 3 945 419 (57.26) |
| ≥1 setting | 1 504 422 (21.83) | 1 923 727 (27.92) | 2 259 673 (32.79) | 2 527 107 (36.67) | 2 751 066 (39.92) | 2 945 361 (42.74) |
| ≥2 settings | 170 571 (2.48) | 303 443 (4.4) | 431 516 (6.26) | 553 980 (8.04) | 668 766 (9.71) | 775 793 (11.26) |
| ≥3 settings | 8816 (0.13) | 23 606 (0.34) | 41 189 (0.6) | 61 818 (0.9) | 84 259 (1.22) | 108 363 (1.57) |
Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
Abbreviations: CDI, Clostridioides difficile infection; LOS, length of stay.
aFor each patient, we counted the number of different types of different healthcare settings (ie, hospitalization, emergency department [ED], ambulatory surgery, or nursing home/long-term care facility) they encountered in a given window prior to admission. For example, a patient who had a hospitalization, ED visit, and ambulatory surgery visit within 30 days of admission would receive a count of 2, whereas a patient who only encountered an ED in the prior 30 days would receive a count of 1.