Identifying paediatric nursing-sensitive outcomes in linked administrative health data

Table 3 Rates of pressure ulcers and analysis of qualifying criteria for pressure ulcer

	No. of events	Total separations	No./1000 separations	Total patient days	Rate/10000 patient days	Diff between rates/10000 patient days
	No. of events	Total separations	No./1000 separations	Total patient days	Rate/10000 patient days	95% CI
As per Needleman	49	35125	1.39	376574	1.30
Qualifying criteria
Paralysis
With	7	2751	2.54	14727	4.75	(1.83, 39.61)*
Without	60	126968	0.47	529376	1.13	(1.83, 39.61)*
MDC9¹ (disorders of skin or subcutaneous tissue)
With	<5	5225	0.38	17170	1.16	−²
Without	>62	124494	0.52	526933	1.23
LOS³
> = 2 days	61	77471	0.79	491851	1.24	(0.45, 0.89)*
<2 days	6	52248	0.11	52252	1.15	(0.45, 0.89)*
> = 3 days	57	52735	1.08	442379	1.29	(0.66, 1.24)*
<3 days	10	76984	0.13	101724	0.98	(0.66, 1.24)*
> = 4 days	53	37521	1.41	396737	1.34	(0.87, 1.65)*
<4 days	14	92198	0.15	147366	0.95	(0.87, 1.65)*
As per recommended paediatric qualifiers
No look back	54	51141	1.05	428598	1.26
With look back	25	49452	0.51	412555	0.61

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