Table 2.

Factors Associated With Early Hospital Readmission: Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios Among HIV Patients Hospitalized With BP or PCP During Their Index Hospitalization

Factors	Crude (95% CI)	Adjusted* (95% CI)
Female	1.53 (0.88 to 2.66)
Living in poorest urban neighborhood†	2.49 ( 1.47 to 4.22)	2.03 (1.09 to 3.77)
No fixed address†	2.45 (0.96 to 6.29)
AIDS-defining illness	1.41 (0.86 to 2.29)
IDU	1.64 (1.00 to 2.66)
Hospitalized in summer	2.31 (1.41 to 3.79)	2.36 (1.36 to 4.10)
Left hospital AMA	5.01 (2.70 to 9.27)	4.26 (2.13 to 8.55)
Previous admission <6 mo	3.05 (1.83 to 5.06)	2.55(1.46 to 4.47)

^*Adjusting for gender, history of an AIDS-defining illness, and IDU status, C-statistic = 0.77.

^†Reference group: living in neighborhoods in Vancouver other than the poorest urban neighborhood (Downtown Eastside of Vancouver).

BP, bacterial pneumonia; PCP, Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia; IDU, injection drug use; CI, confidence interval; AMA, against medical advice.