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Estimated Burden of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in California Hospitals after Changes to Administrative Codes, 2005–2010

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David M. Tehrani ,
Chenghua Cao ,
Homin Kwark  and
Susan S. Huang
David M. Tehrani*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California
Chenghua Cao
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California
Susan S. Huang
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease and Health Policy Research Institute, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California
*
University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute, 100 Theory Drive, Suite 110, Irvine, CA 92617 (tehranid@uci.edu)
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Abstract

We assess the impact of revised International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus burden in California hospitals. Codes were rapidly adopted, demonstrating new capture of colonization and continued relatively stable capture of infections. Nevertheless, despite new colonization codes, coded data demonstrated poor retention between serial hospitalizations.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 11 , November 2013 , pp. 1218 - 1221
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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