This retrospective study is to determine if the use of PCR for detection and identification of pathogens in UTI along with antimicrobial susceptibility information, affords more efficacious treatment of UTI, as compared to traditional urine culture for patients served by House Call Physicians.
The objective of this study is to determine if retrospective data will show that use of PCR for detection and identification of pathogens in UTI, and antimicrobial susceptibility information, affords more efficacious treatment of UTI, thereby reducing UTI-related morbidity and costs in a patient population that is served by House Call Physicians. House call physicians attend elderly and other adults patients who are suffering from illness or chronic conditions in the safety, privacy, and comfort of their home or assisted living location. In making house calls, physicians ease the burden and difficulty of these chronic patients from traveling to the doctor's office.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
66,381
ER Visits and or Hospital Admission Rate within 30 days of initial visit related to UTI
Examine retrospective data of a House Call Patient population to determine if use of PCR, compared with conventional urine culture, leads to a reduction in UTI-related morbidity, as measured by the composite variable number of emergency room/urgent care clinic visits plus the number of admissions to hospital within 30 days of an initial presentation for UTI.
Time frame: 18 Months
Examine retrospective data to determine if use of PCR, compared with conventional urine culture, leads to a reduction in UTI-related morbidity.
Examine retrospective data to determine if use of PCR, compared with conventional urine culture, leads to a reduction in UTI-related morbidity: * As measured by the number of emergency room visits within 30 days of an initial presentation for UTI. * As measured by the number of urgent care clinic visits within 30 days of an initial presentation for UTI. * As measured by the number of cases escalated from an urgent care clinic to an emergency room within 30 days of an initial presentation for UTI. * As measured by the number of admissions to hospital within 30 days of initial presentation for UTI. * As measured by the total hospital length of stay resulting from hospital admission within 30 days of initial presentation for UTI.
Time frame: 18 Months
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