One-year healthcare resource use by infection status
| Multivariate analysis | |||
| No infection (N=606) Mean (95% CI) | Infection (N=80) Mean (95% CI) | P value | |
| LOS, days | 10.5 (9.7 to 11.4) | 21.9 (17.3 to 27.7) | <0.001 |
| ICU LOS, days | 0.01 (0.01 to 0.02) | 0.01 (0.00 to 0.02) | 0.91 |
| Number of readmissions | 0.5 (0.5 to 0.6) | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.8) | <0.001 |
| Readmission rate, % | 35.9 (32.1 to 39.9) | 74.4 (63.4 to 83.0) | <0.001 |
| Number of reoperations | 0.2 (0.2 to 0.3) | 0.6 (0.5 to 0.8) | <0.001 |
| Reoperations rate, % | 20.3 (17.2 to 23.8) | 38.6 (28.3 to 50.0) | <0.001 |
| Number of hospital outpatient referrals | 1.8 (1.6 to 2.1) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.1) | 0.44 |
| Primary care resource use | |||
| Number of primary care events | 30.9 (29.2 to 32.7) | 45.9 (39.0 to 54.0) | <0.001 |
| Number of tests and examinations | 14.0 (11.4 to 16.6) | 22.1 (13.9 to 31.3) | 0.052 |
ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.