Table 2 Rates of LPs performed for presumed EONS and meningitis diagnoses per 100,000 term newborns, 2009
LP rate (95% CI) | Meningitis rate (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
Payer type | ||
Medicaid | 426.3 (394.9–455.2) | 14.0 (11.5–16.4) |
Private | 320.7 (293.4–345.6) | 9.1 (7.4–10.7) |
Uninsured | 328.4 (283.4–365.9) | 8.4 (1.7–14.0) |
Other | 395.2 (314.9–462.0) | 23.5 (–2.6–45.2) |
Hospital type | ||
Rural | 151.5 (128.8–172.2) | 6.1 (3.1–8.8) |
Urban | 399.5 (369.2–427.7) | 12.4 (10.0–14.7) |
Non-teaching | 254.0 (231.0–275.4) | 8.0 (6.5–9.5) |
Teaching | 518.1 (466.9–563.3) | 16.4 (11.8–20.4) |
Non-children’s | 325.0 (303.0–345.3) | 10.7 (8.5–12.8) |
Children’s | 769.2 (626.3–863.3) | 19.9 (10.0–26.4) |
Hospital region | ||
South | 371.5 (336.5–402.5) | 11.8 (8.9–14.3) |
Northeast | 493.6 (434.1–545.1) | 10.6 (7.6–13.1) |
West | 320.3 (233.8–397.5) | 14.0 (7.2–20.1) |
Midwest | 333.1 (287.3–374.2) | 9.7 (5.7–13.3) |