Trends in US hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections.
Using data from the 2000-2004 US Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, we found that total hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections increased by 29% during 2000-2004; admissions for pneumonia were largely unchanged. These results are consistent with recent reported increases in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Policy Analysis Inc., Brookline, Massachusetts 02445, USA.
John
J
Edelsberg
Charu
C
Taneja
Marcus
M
Zervos
Nadia
N
Haque
Carol
C
Moore
Katherine
K
Reyes
James
J
Spalding
Jenny
J
Jiang
Gerry
G
Oster
D000368:Aged; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology