Urine cultures sent, antibiotic prescriptions and amount of follow-up time across the study phases for the 10 long-term care homes that completed implementation of the program
Variable | Total | Phase | IRR, baseline v. intervention (95% CI) | |||
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Baseline | Implementation | Intervention | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||
Outcome, no. per 1000 resident-days | ||||||
Urine cultures sent | 2.64 | 3.20 | 2.35 | 2.09 | 0.70 (0.61–0.79) | 0.72 (0.63–0.82) |
Urinary antibiotic prescriptions | 1.19 | 1.52 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 0.59 (0.46–0.72) | 0.60 (0.47–0.74) |
Total antibiotic prescriptions | 3.20 | 3.85 | 2.82 | 2.60 | 0.74 (0.66–0.82) | 0.74 (0.65–0.83) |
Follow-up | ||||||
Home-months,† no. | 164 | 70 | 42 | 52 | NA | NA |
Resident-days,‡ no. (thousands) | 793.2 | 344.8 | 198.2 | 250.2 | NA | NA |