Determining the Impact of the Opioid Crisis on a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Central New York to Identify Critical Areas of Intervention in the Local Community
Table 1
Total number and percentage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)- and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)-positive cultures in hospitalized patients with and without an opioid use-related diagnosis.
Year
Hospitalized non-opioid use-related diagnosis
Hospitalized with an opioid use-related diagnosis
Ratio SUD to non-SUD
Total MRSA
Total MSSA
Total (percent MRSA)
Total MRSA
Total MSSA
Total (percent MRSA)
2008
264
295
559 (47.2%)
0
0
0 (0%)
—
2009
316
276
592 (53.4%)
1
0
1 (100%)
1.9
2010
343
406
749 (46.8%)
10
1
11 (91.0%)
1.9
2011
254
347
601 (42.3%)
2
0
2 (100%)
2.4
2012
302
387
689 (43.8%)
14
0
14 (100%)
2.3
2013
288
374
662 (43.5%)
0
0
0 (0%)
—
2014
224
432
656 (34.1%)
67
28
95 (70.5%)
2.1
2015
236
319
555 (42.5%)
84
70
154 (54.5%)
1.3
2016
219
321
540 (40.6%)
91
77
168 (54.2%)
1.3
2017
277
447
724 (38.3%)
108
90
198 (54.5%)
1.4
2018
296
406
702 (42.2%)
138
105
243 (56.8%)
1.3
Total
3,019
4,010
7,029 (43.0%)
515
371
886 (58.1%)
1.4
Significant by chi-square with Yates’ correction, .
