Department of Defense TRICARE beneficiaries are seeing fewer community-onset MRSA infections, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
For the study, researchers accessed patient records to determine MRSA infection rates among TRICARE patients from January 2005 through December 2010. Their analysis showed annual incidence rates for community-onset MRSA dropped from 1.7 per 100,000 person-years in 2005 to 1.2 per 100,000 person-years in 2010. Similarly, annual infection rates for hospital-onset MRSA decreased from 0.7 per 100,000 person-years in 2005 to 0.4 per 100,000 person-years in 2010.
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For the study, researchers accessed patient records to determine MRSA infection rates among TRICARE patients from January 2005 through December 2010. Their analysis showed annual incidence rates for community-onset MRSA dropped from 1.7 per 100,000 person-years in 2005 to 1.2 per 100,000 person-years in 2010. Similarly, annual infection rates for hospital-onset MRSA decreased from 0.7 per 100,000 person-years in 2005 to 0.4 per 100,000 person-years in 2010.
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