Written Question · S3W-11586 · Session 3
What the quarterly rates have been of clostridium difficile per 1,000 total occupied bed days for those aged 65 and over in (a) NHS Tayside…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the quarterly rates have been of clostridium difficile per 1,000 total occupied bed days for those aged 65 and over in (a) NHS Tayside and (b) Scotland in each of the last four available quarters.
The answer
The following table sets out the information requested:
Rates of CDAD per 1,000 Total Occupied Bed Days
e
| January-March 2007
| April-June 2007
| July-September 2007
| October-December 2007
NHS Tayside
| 1.76
| 1.75
| 1.27
| 1.3
Scotland (overall rate)*
| 1.47
| 1.47
| 1.16
| 1.26
Note: The overall rate for Scotland is calculated as:rate = (total number of cases x 1000) / total number of acute and non-acute occupied bed days.
Rates of CDAD per 1,000 Total Occupied Bed Days
e
| January-March 2007
| April-June 2007
| July-September 2007
| October-December 2007
NHS Tayside
| 1.76
| 1.75
| 1.27
| 1.3
Scotland (overall rate)*
| 1.47
| 1.47
| 1.16
| 1.26
Note: The overall rate for Scotland is calculated as:rate = (total number of cases x 1000) / total number of acute and non-acute occupied bed days.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-11586 by reference.