Table 3. Patient factors that influence prescribers to deviate from their preferred in-hospital venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
Patient factor | Enoxaparin in-hospital prophylaxis prescribers | Aspirin in-hospital prophylaxis prescribers | ||||
Absolute percentage difference | 95% CI | P value | Absolute percentage difference | 95% CI | P value | |
Intercept | 95.2% | 91.9% to 98.5% | <0.001 | 95.2% | 84.1% to 100% | <0.001 |
Fracture | ||||||
Nonoperative pelvis | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Operative ankle | −4.3% | −7.5% to −1.0% | 0.01 | 4.0% | −7.2% to 15.3% | 0.48 |
Operative hip | −2.7% | −8.3% to 3.0% | 0.36 | −2.5% | −22.0% to 17.1% | 0.80 |
Operative proximal humerus | −2.2% | −5.5% to 1.1% | 0.18 | 9.6% | −2.1% to 21.4% | 0.11 |
Solid organ injury | ||||||
No | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Yes | 4.9% | 1.6% to 8.2% | 0.004 | −5.6% | −17.5% to 6.3% | 0.36 |
Additional VTE risk factors | ||||||
No | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Yes | 1.8% | −1.4% to 5.1% | 0.27 | −18.9% | −30.6% to −7.1% | 0.002 |
Health insurance status | ||||||
Employer-based | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Uninsured | −3.4% | −6.6% to −0.1% | 0.04 | 0.8% | −10.5% to 12.0% | 0.89 |
The values presented are based on the weighted sample.
VTEvenous thromboembolism