Predischarge Postpartum Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Group B Streptococcus Carriage at the Individual and Hospital Levels
Table 2
Patient and hospital characteristics by GBS status and prevalence.
Variable
Category
Patient GBS status
Hospital GBS prevalence
Noncarrier
Carrier
≤15%
>15%
Total number
2,636,370
500,225
1,341,521
3,136,595
MRSA infection (%)
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.01
Race* (%)
White
39.04
40.12
35.69
41.85
Black
8.20
12.02
7.67
9.66
Hispanic
19.58
14.61
26.71
12.86
Asian
3.87
3.92
3.70
4.01
Other
4.29
3.97
4.23
4.24
Age* (%)
<20
9.81
10.06
11.60
9.26
20–29
52.29
51.95
54.31
50.71
30–39
35.12
35.44
31.55
37.09
40+
2.67
2.54
2.43
2.89
Expected payer* (%)
Private insurance
51.93
55.39
47.65
57.21
Medicaid
40.98
38.63
44.03
36.59
Other payer
6.93
5.85
8.15
5.73
Diabetes (%)
0.72
0.77
0.71
0.74
Teaching hospital (%)
45.24
48.25
40.48
49.64
Urban hospital (%)
89.20
90.53
86.80
91.36
Hospital (%)
Small
11.69
12.06
11.14
12.20
Medium
25.76
25.43
27.35
24.48
Large
62.42
62.39
61.35
63.22
Hospital (%)
Private or public, collapsed
57.21
60.52
51.61
62.32
Public
7.05
6.61
7.44
6.63
Private, nonprofit
21.24
20.37
22.18
20.29
Private, investor owned
10.72
9.33
13.74
8.08
Private, collapsed
3.66
3.04
4.87
2.58
Hospital region (%)
Northeast
16.39
17.67
13.42
18.97
Midwest
20.47
21.49
18.03
22.57
South
37.81
37.11
38.69
36.95
West
25.33
23.73
29.85
21.51
Percentages may not add to 100 due to missing values. See Introduction to the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample for an explanation of variable categories.
