Table 6.

Reasons for perceived risk of hospital readmission and postdischarge mortality

Clinician cited reason for outcome	No hospital readmission, n (%)	Hospital readmission, n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P value
No risk	2584 (69.7)	148 (79.1)	Referent	–
Clinician perceived inability to pay for treatment	11 (0.3)	3 (1.6)	4.76 (1.31, 17.25)	0.02
Clinician perceived social concerns	70 (1.9)	3 (1.6)	0.75 (0.23, 2.41)	0.63
Clinician perceived progression of illness	754 (20.3)	29 (15.5)	0.67 (0.45, 1.01)	0.05
Other*	290 (7.8)	4 (2.1)	0.24 (0.09, 0.66)	0.005

Clinician cited reason for outcome	Did not die within 60 days, n (%)	Died within 60 days, n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P value
No risk	2652 (70.2)	80 (66.7)	Referent	–
Clinician perceived inability to pay for treatment	12 (0.3)	2 (1.7)	5.53 (1.22, 25.10)	0.03
Clinician perceived social concerns	72 (1.9)	1 (0.8)	0.46 (0.06, 3.36)	0.44
Clinician perceived progression of illness	754 (20.0)	29 (24.2)	1.28 (0.83, 1.97)	0.27
Other*	286 (7.6)	8 (6.7)	0.93 (0.44, 1.94)	0.84

*Included concerns about caregiver understanding, general clinician impression and patient with history of recurrent illness.