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. 2024 Sep 3;9(1):e001511. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001511

Table 2. Patient factors that influence the decision to prescribe venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in-hospital and at discharge.

Patient factor In-hospital prophylaxis Discharge prophylaxis
Absolute percentage difference 95% CI P value Absolute percentage difference 95% CI P value
Intercept 97.6% 94.6% to 100% <0.001 81.2% 75.6% to 86.8% <0.001
Fracture
 Nonoperative pelvis Ref (0.0%) Ref (0.0%)
 Operative ankle −4.0% −6.4% to −1.7% <0.001 −10.0% −14.5% to −5.4% <0.001
 Operative hip −1.3% −5.4% to 2.7% 0.52 6.6% −1.4% to 14.5% 0.10
 Operative proximal humerus −10.3% −12.6% to −7.9% <0.001 −53.7% −58.3% to −49.2% <0.001
Solid organ injury
 No Ref (0.0%) Ref (0.0%)
 Yes 1.4% −1.0% to 43.7% 0.26 −0.4% −4.9% to 4.1% 0.86
Additional VTE risk factors
 No Ref (0.0%) Ref (0.0%)
 Yes 1.5% −0.8% to 3.8% 0.21 11.9% 7.4% to 16.4% <0.001
Health insurance status
 Employer-based Ref (0.0%) Ref (0.0%)
 Uninsured −2.4% −4.8% to −0.1% 0.04 −1.2% −5.7% to 3.4% 0.62

The values presented are based on the weighted sample.

VTEvenous thromboembolism