Volume 23, Number 11—November 2017
Research
Antimicrobial Nonsusceptibility of Gram-Negative Bloodstream Isolates, Veterans Health Administration System, United States, 2003–20131
Table 1
Characteristics of acute-care patients, by year, Veterans Health Administration System, United States, 2003–2013
Characteristic | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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Outpatient care | |||||||||||
No. outpatients | 4,357 | 4,532 | 4,623 | 4,705 | 4,719 | 4,784 | 4,945 | 5,083 | 5,193 | 5,281 | 5,355 |
Mean age, y, on Jan 1 | 61.5 | 61.7 | 61.7 | 61.8 | 61.6 | 61.4 | 61.1 | 61.0 | 60.9 | 60.7 | 60.6 |
Inpatient care | |||||||||||
No. hospital admissions | 470 | 481 | 489 | 492 | 498 | 516 | 536 | 549 | 552 | 552 | 545 |
Average length of stay, d | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
No. patient-days | 2,805 | 2,783 | 2,749 | 2,718 | 2,701 | 2,745 | 2,747 | 2,748 | 2,735 | 2,675 | 2,611 |
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, April 25–28, 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark; and at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Meeting, May 14–17, 2015, Orlando, Florida, USA.