TABLE 3.

Multilevel analysis of outcomes of patients with community-acquired pneumonia using either CURB-65 or Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) versus no-consensus hospitals

	Consensus (PSI or CURB-65)	No consensus	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Patients n	38 436	12 548
Admission	30 138 (78.4)	10 230 (81.5)	0.79 (0.62–0.999)	0.78 (0.62–0.99)
Readmission#	739 (2.4)	238 (2.3)	1.06 (0.88–1.26)	1.05 (0.87–1.25)
Delayed admission¶	646 (7.8)	186 (8.0)	0.98 (0.79–1.21)	0.99 (0.80–1.23)
ICU admission+	3264 (8.5)	1077 (8.6)	0.96 (0.81–1.13)	0.96 (0.81–1.13)
30-day mortality+	3509 (9.1)	1119 (8.9)	1.05 (0.96–1.16)	1.07 (0.98–1.16)

Data are presented as n (%) unless stated otherwise. Consensus was defined as a hospital where both the internal and pulmonology department reported the use of the same prognostic score (either PSI or CURB-65). Readmission was defined as patients who were discharged from the hospital but readmitted within 7 days. Delayed admission was defined as patients initially treated as outpatients, but who were admitted to the hospital within 7 days. ICU: intensive care unit. ^#: percentage out of the total number of (delayed) admissions; ^¶. percentage out of the total number of outpatients; ⁺: percentage out of the total number of patients.