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Table 2 Antibiotic prescribing, Hospital LOS, and 30-day mortality for African-American and Caucasian VHA patients with CAP managed in the medical wards (non-ICU patients) (n = 35,706)*

From: Disparities of Care for African-Americans and Caucasians with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

 

Total

African-Americans

Caucasians

P-value

Guideline-concordant antibiotics†

93%

92%

93%

0.0221

LOS, median (interquartile range)‡

4 (3-7)

4 (3-7)

4 (3-7)

0.0015

30-day mortality, %

8%

9%

8%

0.0563

  1. LOS = length of stay.
  2. * These results reflect the bivariate statistical tests (chi-square and Wilcoxon Rank Sum tests).
  3. † Guideline-concordant antibiotics were those consistent with 2007 American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America community-acquired pneumonia guidelines[12]. See study methods for more information.
  4. ‡ VHA patients who died within 30 days of hospital discharge were excluded from all LOS analyses.