Hospital admission period | |||||||
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2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2001–2005 (total) | p-value | |
Hospitalized patients | 12,625 | 12,655 | 13,559 | 13,835 | 14,396 | 67,070 | < 0.001 |
Number of blood cultures obtained | 406 | 483 | 650 | 763 | 904 | 3,206 | < 0.001 |
Ratio of admissions to blood cultures obtained | 31:1 | 26:1 | 21:1 | 18:1 | 16:1 | 21:1 | |
Positive blood cultures (proportion from blood cultures obtained) | 46 (11.3) | 48 (9.9) | 71 (10.9) | 88 (11.5) | 120 (13.3) | 373 (11.6) | 0.39 |