Table 3.

Analysis of Cut-Off Score for Low Nurse Assessment of Discharge Readiness (RN-RHDS): Odds Ratios for Thirty-Day Readmission and ED Visits (N = 254)^†

	Dependent Variable = ED or Readmission within 30 Days
	Unadjusted Models		Adjusted Models§
Variables	ED	R	ED	R
RN-RHDS/SF categories‡
8–8.9	0.691 (0.654)	2.118 (0.364)	0.925 (0.920)	2.191 (0.194)
7–7.9	1.044 (0.960)	1.398 (0.645)	2.162 (0.337)	2.023 (0.344)
<7	0.137 (0.081)*	6.293 (0.030)***	0.092 (0.271)	9.030 (0.009)**
Patient controls¶
Length of stay (days)			1.212 (0.092)*	0.869 (0.305)
4+ Discharge meds∥			5.408 (0.010)***	1.349 (0.574)

p value in parentheses,

^***p < .01,

^**p < .05,

^*p < .1.

^†The results do not change substantially when PT-RHDS/SF is added to the models as a continuous score or a categorical variable; they are available in the online supplement and/or from the authors upon request.

^‡Reference category = RN-RHDS (9–10).

^§Adjusted for: age (years), sex (Male/Female), race (White/Black/Other), marital status (Single/Married/Widowed, divorced, separated, other), discharge coordination services (Yes/No), 4+ discharge meds (Yes/No), type of admission (Medical/Surgical), severity of illness score (1/2/3/4), mortality risk score (1/2/3/4), and unit and diagnosis fixed effects.

^¶Unit and diagnosis fixed effects and controls with p > .1 not shown.

^∥4+ Discharge medications: four or more routine prescription medications ordered at discharge; reference category is fewer than four discharge meds or missing.

ED, emergency department visit(s) without readmission; R, readmitted.