Table 2.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the relationship between neurology care and 30-day mortality and rehospitalization (N=44,099)

		30-day mortality			30-day rehospitalization
Category	Total N	N	HR*	95% CI	N	HR*	95% CI
Generalist only	8,071	1,435	1.00		1,070	1.00
Neurologist only	7,408	1,013	0.90	(0.82, 0.998)	882	0.91	(0.82, 1.006)
Collaborative care	26,558	3,914	0.84	(0.79, 0.90)	3,442	0.95	(0.88, 1.04)
Other specialist	1607	300	1.17	(1.02, 1.35)	214	1.05	(0.89, 1.24)
No physician claims	455	86	1.01	(0.75, 1.35)	81	1.58	(0.92, 2.70)

^*Adjusted for age, female, race, Medicaid, % of the census block group aged 25+ with college degrees, % of persons in the census block group below the poverty line, geographic region, prior stroke, cardiac arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, chronic pulmonary disease, uncomplicated diabetes, complicated diabetes, hypertension, fluid and electrolyte disorders, valvular disease, peripheral vascular disorders, hypothyroidism, solid tumor without metastasis, deficiency anemias, depression, dementia, concurrent cardiac events, mechanical ventilation, gastrostomy tube, hemiplegia/hemiparesis, residual neurological deficit, year of index hospitalization, and HMO membership.