Management by Primary Care Clinicians of Patients Suspected of Having Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections

Table 19. Characteristic of patients who completed quality improvement calls
n=681

	680.x						681.x or 682.x
	MCNT			WHA			MCNT			WHA
	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value
Total patients (n)	9	9		25	5		224	152		214	40
Male and female cases
Male (n)	3	6	0.1573	10	3	0.6278	91	83	0.0076	99	15	0.2937
Male (%)	33.33	66.67		40.00	60.00		40.63	54.61		47.60	38.46
Female (n)	6	3		15	2		133	69		109	24
Female (%)	66.67	33.33		60.00	40.00		59.38	45.39		52.40	61.54
Age
Mean age, in years	45.44 (n=9)	50.22 (n=9)	0.6405	40.00 (n=25)	32.00 (n=5)	0.5534	44.03 (n=224)	48.58 (n=152)	0.0558	48.16 (n=208)	45.59 (n=39)	0.5460
Adult and pediatric cases
Adult cases (≥18 years old)	8	8	1.0000	18	3	0.6220	184	138	0.0190	173	34	0.5331
Adult cases (%)	88.89	88.89		72.00	60.00		82.14	90.79		83.17	87.18
Pediatric cases (<18 years old)	1	1		7	2		40	14		35	5
Pediatric cases (<18 years old)	11.11	11.11		28.00	40.00		17.86	9.21		16.83	12.82

Key: MCNT = Medical Clinic of North Texas, WHA = Wilmington Health Associates.

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Internet Citation: Management by Primary Care Clinicians of Patients Suspected of Having Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections. March 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/mrsa/colorado_mrsatab19.html

Management by Primary Care Clinicians of Patients Suspected of Having Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections

Table 19. Characteristic of patients who completed quality improvement callsn=681

Table 19. Characteristic of patients who completed quality improvement calls
n=681