Outcomes associated with observation versus short-stay admission among chest pain patients in the Veterans Health Administration

Table 2 30- and 90-day mortality

Variable	30-day mortality		90-day mortality
Variable	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Observation stay	0.75	[0.57, 0.97]	0.90	[0.77, 1.06]
Age	1.06	[1.05, 1.07]	1.06	[1.05, 1.07]
Female (vs. male)	0.23	[0.09, 0.62]	0.34	[0.21, 0.56]
Race (vs. white)
Asian	1.09	[0.41, 2.92]	0.99	[0.53, 1.87]
Black	0.76	[0.55, 1.03]	0.89	[0.74, 1.06]
Hispanic	0.83	[0.42, 1.64]	0.66	[0.43, 1.04]
Native American	1.39	[0.52, 3.68]	1.52	[0.86, 2.69]
Homeless (vs. not)	1.39	[0.51, 3.82]	2.23	[1.34, 3.71]
Count of comorbidities	1.06	[1.01, 1.12]	1.05	[1.02, 1.08]
Rurality of residence (vs. urban)
Isolated	0.66	[0.40, 1.08]	0.87	[0.66, 1.15]
Small rural	0.86	[0.55, 1.34]	0.89	[0.68, 1.18]
Large rural	1.02	[0.72, 1.43]	1.06	[0.85, 1.32]
Copayment category (vs. reduced)
No copayment	0.64	[0.31, 1.31]	0.58	[0.37, 0.91]
Full copayment	0.70	[0.37, 1.32]	0.75	[0.50, 1.11]
Fiscal year (vs. 2005)
2006	0.54	[0.32, 0.89]	0.52	[0.38, 0.71]
2007	0.71	[0.45, 1.13]	0.70	[0.53, 0.92]
2008	0.83	[0.53, 1.30]	0.92	[0.71, 1.20]
2009	1.13	[0.75, 1.70]	0.98	[0.76, 1.26]
2010	0.93	[0.60, 1.43]	0.91	[0.70, 1.17]
2011	1.03	[0.66, 1.59]	0.94	[0.73, 1.22]
2012	0.72	[0.46, 1.13]	0.82	[0.63, 1.06]
2013	0.99	[0.64, 1.52]	0.92	[0.71, 1.19]
	N = 114,043

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