All of the following are reasons why institutionalized patients have more urinary tract infections (UTIs) than noninstitutionalized patients except:

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Hospitalized patients and those residing in long-term care facilities develop UTIs more often than outpatients.The generally ill condition of the institutionalized population, higher probability of urinary tract instrumentation, and higher incidence of genitourinary tract anatomic or functional abnormalities are major contributors to this difference.

All of the Following Are Reasons Why Institutionalized Patients Have