Table 4. Patient factors that influence prescribers to deviate from their preferred discharge venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
Patient factor | Enoxaparin discharge prophylaxis prescribers | Aspirin discharge prophylaxis prescribers | ||||
Absolute percentage difference | 95% CI | P value | Absolute percentage difference | 95% CI | P value | |
Intercept | 94.4% | 84.5% to 100% | <0.001 | 89.2% | 82.8% to 95.6% | <0.001 |
Fracture | ||||||
Nonoperative pelvis | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Operative ankle | −20.6% | −30.1% to −11.1% | <0.001 | 6.0% | −0.6% to 12.7% | 0.07 |
Operative hip | 1.0% | −19.8% to 21.8% | 0.93 | 3.0% | −9.2% to 15.1% | 0.63 |
Operative proximal humerus | −25.6% | −41.6% to −9.7% | 0.002 | 12.3% | 4.4% to 20.2% | 0.002 |
Solid organ injury | ||||||
No | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Yes | −3.7% | −19.8% to 12.3% | 0.65 | −6.3% | −14.5% to 1.9% | 0.13 |
Additional VTE risk factors | ||||||
No | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Yes | 12.4% | −3.5% to 28.4% | 0.13 | −11.5% | −19.4% to −3.6% | 0.005 |
Health insurance status | ||||||
Employer-based | Ref (0.0%) | Ref (0.0%) | ||||
Uninsured | −13.2% | −22.7% to −3.7% | 0.007 | 4.8% | −1.9% to 11.4% | 0.16 |
The values presented are based on the weighted sample.
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