Benchmarking French regions according to their prevalence of healthcare-associated infections

Objective. To propose an original method of benchmarking regions based on their prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and to identify regions with unusual results. Design. To study between-region variability with a three-level hierarchical logistic regression model and a Bayesian non...

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Published in:International journal for quality in health care 2013-10, Vol.25 (5), p.555-563
Main Authors: CHEN, Y.T., RABILLOUD, M., THIOLET, J.M., COIGNARD, B., METZGER, M.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Benchmarking - methods
Benchmarking - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Female
France - epidemiology
General aspects
Health policy
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Mathematics
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Patients
Prevalence
Quality Indicators, Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Quality of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Statistics
Statistics Theory
Surveys
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Summary:Objective. To propose an original method of benchmarking regions based on their prevalence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and to identify regions with unusual results. Design. To study between-region variability with a three-level hierarchical logistic regression model and a Bayesian non-parametric method. Setting. French 2006 national HAIs point prevalence survey. Participants. A total of 336 858 patients from 2289 healthcare facilities in 27 regions. Patients with an imported HAI (1% of the data, 20.7% of infected patients), facilities with
ISSN:1353-4505
1464-3677
DOI:10.1093/intqhc/mzt050