Inappropriate diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in hospitalized medical patients; Abbreviated form: Inappropriate diagnosis of UTI

The measure quantifies adult, hospitalized medical patients inappropriately diagnosed with UTI. Here, inappropriate diagnosis is defined as patients treated with antibiotics for UTI who do not meet diagnostic criteria for UTI. Patients were considered inappropriately diagnosed if they received antibiotic therapy for a UTI but did not have at least one sign or symptom of a UTI.