Identifying paediatric nursing-sensitive outcomes in linked administrative health data

Table 5 Rates of pneumonia and analysis of qualifying criteria for pneumonia

	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	413	107026	3.86	454569	9.09
Qualifying criteria
Cancer
With	11	1972	5.58	13789	7.98	(−8.12, 1.46)
Without	600	127747	4.70	530314	11.31	(−8.12, 1.46)
Immune deficiencies
With	<5	357	2.80	2087	4.79	−¹
Without	>606	129362	4.72	542016	11.25	−¹
Secondary diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia
With	33	620	53.23	4146	79.59	(41.72, 96.06)*
Without	578	129099	4.48	539957	10.70	(41.72, 96.06)*
MDC4² (disorders of respiratory system)
With	180	21341	8.43	83481	21.56	(8.93, 15.48)*
Without	431	108378	3.98	460622	9.36	(8.93, 15.48)*
Feeding difficulties
With	15	2374	6.32	13716	10.94	(−5.90, 5.31)
Without	596	127345	4.68	530387	11.24	(−5.90, 5.31)
Other pneumonia definitions
Ventilator associated	0	2708
Postoperative	53	21592	2.45	129275	4.10
Aspiration	94	129719	0.72	544103	1.73
Epilepsy	26	2306	11.27	9896	26.27	(14.90, 35.10)*
No epilepsy	68	127413	0.53	534207	1.27	(14.90, 35.10)*
Feeding difficulty	6	2374	2.53	13716	4.37	(−0.80, 6.23)
No feeding difficulty	88	127345	0.69	530387	1.66	(−0.80, 6.23)
As per recommended paediatric qualifiers
No look back	368	107141	3.43	455608	8.08
With look back	337	102877	3.28	436271	7.72

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