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Table 3 30- and 90-day readmission

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

Variable

30-day readmission

90-day readmission

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Observation stay

0.88

[0.83, 0.94]

0.95

[0.90, 1.00]

Age

1.02

[1.02, 1.02]

1.02

[1.02, 1.02]

Female (vs. male)

0.72

[0.65, 0.80]

0.74

[0.68, 0.79]

Race (vs. white)

 Asian

0.71

[0.55, 0.92]

0.76

[0.62, 0.93]

 Black

0.92

[0.86, 0.98]

0.94

[0.89, 0.98]

 Hispanic

0.78

[0.67, 0.89]

0.83

[0.75, 0.93]

 Native American

0.82

[0.63, 1.07]

0.91

[0.73, 1.15]

Homeless (vs. not)

1.27

[1.03, 1.56]

1.45

[1.23, 1.72]

Count of Comorbidities

1.02

[1.01, 1.04]

1.02

[1.00, 1.03]

Rurality of Residence (vs. urban)

 Isolated

0.85

[0.76, 0.94]

0.84

[0.77, 0.91]

 Small rural

0.91

[0.82, 0.99]

0.91

[0.84, 0.98]

 Large rural

0.96

[0.88, 1.04]

0.89

[0.84, 0.96]

Copayment category (vs. reduced)

 No copayment

0.82

[0.68, 1.00]

0.87

[0.75, 1.02]

 Full copayment

1.16

[0.97, 1.40]

1.26

[1.09, 1.44]

Fiscal year (vs. 2005)

 2006

1.03

[0.92, 1.15]

0.98

[0.89, 1.07]

 2007

1.01

[0.90, 1.12]

0.98

[0.90, 1.07]

 2008

1.02

[0.92, 1.14]

0.96

[0.88, 1.05]

 2009

1.12

[1.01, 1.24]

1.04

[0.95, 1.13]

 2010

1.01

[0.91, 1.12]

1.01

[0.93, 1.10]

 2011

0.97

[0.87, 1.08]

0.93

[0.85, 1.02]

 2012

1.10

[0.99, 1.21]

1.02

[0.94, 1.12]

 2013

1.02

[0.91, 1.13]

0.87

[0.80, 0.95]

 

N = 114,043