Table 5.
Clinical Outcomes of Nosocomial Infection with Different Clinical Forms and Pathogens After PS Matching
| Hospitalization Costs (CNY), Median (IQR) | Antibacterial Drug Costs (CNY), Median (IQR) | LOS in ICU (Days), Median (IQR) | LOS in Hospital (Days), Median (IQR) | Deaths in ICU (Mortality) | Predicted Deaths in ICU (Predicted Mortality) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIs | Excess Values✝ | NIs | Excess Values✝ | NIs | Excess Values✝ | NIs | Excess Values✝ | NIs | Excess Values✝ | NIs | Excess Values✝ | |
| Clinical forms of NIs | ||||||||||||
| RTI | 154306.67 (101,898.14–224,490.40) | 73,917.06* | 10,750.06 (3831.29–219,622.42) | 7727.16* | 18.0 (11.0–31.5) | 13.0* | 32.0 (18.5–45.0) | 16.0* | 10.1% | 6.2%* | 32.6% | 13.0%* |
| BSI | 154721.37 (118,175.07–243,561.31) | 63,542.07* | 13,886.05 (7032.21–21,189.34) | 10,818.96* | 18.0 (12.0–31.0) | 12.0* | 33.0 (21.0–47.0) | 16.0* | 10.2% | 8.1%* | 30.5% | 12.8% |
| UTI | 157989.98 (117,470.02–213,772.21) | 78,715.35* | 9792.95 (5466.29–19,587.44) | 6770.05* | 31.0 (14.0–48.0) | 26.0* | 36.0 (20.0–50.0) | 19.0* | 17.4% | 14.8%* | 30.4% | 20.1%* |
| Pathogen types of NIs | ||||||||||||
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 168,007.51 (107,875.63–239,758.31) | 83,887.69* | 12,823.32 (5824.70–24,739.18) | 10,185.81* | 20.0 (12.75–34.0) | 14.0* | 33.5 (18.75–46.5) | 17.5* | 11.0% | 7.2%* | 32.9% | 7.1% |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 21,377.21 (154,725.89–316,503.82) | 135,248.97* | 16,106.96 (7815.02–23,021.48) | 12,027.96* | 35.0 (20.0–63.0) | 29.0* | 49.0 (39.0–77.0) | 34.0* | 20.0% | 11.2% | 45.7% | 26.4%* |
| Escherichia coli | 154,721.37 (116,483.76–198,699.56) | 79,697.37* | 11,495.36 (8101.03–18,725.63) | 8949.20* | 16.0 (10.5–19.5)ab | 11.0* | 24.0 (19.5–41.5)cd | 9.0* | 12.0% | 12.0%* | 32.0% | 29.7%* |
Notes: aCompared with Acinetobacter baumannii, p < 0.001. bCompared with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, p < 0.001. cCompared with Acinetobacter baumannii, p < 0.001. dCompared with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P = 0.001. ✝Excess values are the median difference between nosocomial and non-nosocomial infections. *p-value is < 0.05.
Abbreviations: NIs, Nosocomial infections; CNY, China Yuan; LOS, length of stay; BSI, Bloodstream infection; RTI, Respiratory tract infection; UTI, Urinary tract infection; IQR, Interquartile range.