Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Moehring, Rebekah W. ; Dodds Ashley, Elizabeth S. ; Ren, Xinru ; Lokhnygina, Yuliya ; Baker, Arthur W. ; Jones, Travis M. ; Lewis, Sarah S. ; Sexton, Daniel J. ; Anderson, Deverick J.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program
• Description:
  Patient days and days present were compared to directly measured person time to quantify how choice of different denominator metrics may affect antimicrobial use rates. Overall, days present were approximately one-third higher than patient days. This difference varied among hospitals and units and was influenced by short length of stay.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:612-615.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Antimicrobial Stewardship Article Bias Cross Infection Data Collection Drug Utilization Hospitals Humans Length Of Stay
• Source:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 39(5):612-615
• Pubmed ID:
  29576019
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6503660
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K08 HS023866/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States ; U54 CK000483/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States ; K23 AI095357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a197e9eadb8ddfee76b221ec10daeeb03a25d4adbcdbf143328b8c757c0a072a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/78362/cdc_78362_DS1.pdf
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