Table 5.

Factors Associated With Early Hospital Readmission: Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios Among HIV Patients Hospitalized With BP and PCP During Their Index Hospitalization on the HIV/AIDS Ward

Factors	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted* OR (95% CI)
Female	1.77 (0.79 to 3.95)
Aboriginal ethnicity	2.65 (1.21 to 5.79)
Living in poorest urban neighborhood†	2.90 (1.32 to 6.38)	2.96 (1.04 to 8.37)
No fixed address†	1.45 (0.46 to 4.55)
No/unknown social support	1.00 (0.43 to 2.30)
AIDS-defining illness	1.30 (0.64 to 2.65)
IDU	1.13 (0.60 to 2.24)
Hospitalized in summer	1.63 (0.82 to 3.26)
Left hospital AMA	8.33 (3.16 to 21.96)	13.3 (3.49 to 50.6)
Previous admission <6 mo	5.47 (2.57 to 11.62)	3.51 (1.45 to 8.53)

^*Adjusting for gender, history of an AIDS-defining illness, and IDU status, C-statistic = 0.82.

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

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