Table 2.
Patient Characteristic | Odds Ratio (95 % CI) |
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Age, every 10y | 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) |
Race | |
White | 1.00 |
Black | 0.98 (0.95, 1.00)* |
Hispanic | 0.93 (0.91, 0.95)* |
Other | 0.92 (0.87, 0.98)* |
Sex, Male vs. Female | |
Male | 1.10 (1.08, 1.11)* |
Female | 1.00 |
Medicaid eligible, Yes vs. No | 1.07 (1.06, 1.09)* |
Emergency Admission, Yes vs. No | 0.99 (0.97, 1.00) |
Weekend Admission, Yes vs. No | 0.99 (0.98, 1.01) |
DRG weights | 1.38 (1.35, 1.41)* |
Major Diagnostic Category | |
Nervous System | 0.90 (0.88, 0.93)* |
Eye | 0.73 (0.58, 0.93)* |
Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat | 0.66 (0.61, 0.72)* |
Respiratory System | 0.91 (0.89, 0.93)* |
Circulatory System | 1.00 |
Digestive System | 0.99 (0.97, 1.02) |
Hepatobiliary System And Pancreas | 1.33 (1.27, 1.39)* |
Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue | 1.12 (1.08, 1.17)* |
Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue And Breast | 0.78 (0.75, 0.81)* |
Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic System | 1.06 (1.03, 1.10)* |
Kidney And Urinary Tract | 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) |
Male Reproductive System | 1.04 (0.91, 1.19) |
Female Reproductive System | 1.77 (1.54, 2.03)* |
Blood and Blood Forming Organs and Immunological Disorders | 1.19 (1.14, 1.24)* |
Myeloproliferative Diseases and Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms | 3.06 (2.87, 3.26)* |
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases and Disorders | 0.78 (0.75, 0.81)* |
Mental Diseases and Disorders | 1.11 (1.06, 1.16)* |
Alcohol/Drug Use or Induced Mental Disorders | 0.91 (0.80, 1.02) |
Injuries, Poison And Toxic Effect of Drugs | 0.88 (0.81, 0.94)* |
Burns | 0.84 (0.55, 1.29) |
Factors Influencing Health Status | 1.05 (0.98, 1.14) |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection | 1.00 (0.84, 1.19) |
Number of hospitalizations in the year prior | 1.18 (1.17, 1.18)* |
Number of doctor visits in the year prior, every five visits | 1.02 (1.01, 1.02)* |
Nursing home residence in prior 90 days, Yes vs. No | 1.07 (1.05, 1.09)* |
PCP in the year prior admission, Yes vs. No | 0.99 (0.97, 1.00) |
Comorbidity, Yes vs. No | |
Congestive heart failure | 1.15 (1.13, 1.17)* |
Valve disease | 1.04 (1.02, 1.06)* |
Pulmonary circulation disease | 1.02 (0.99, 1.06) |
Peripheral vascular disease | 1.02 (1.00, 1.04)* |
Paralysis | 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) |
Neurological disorder | 0.99 (0.97, 1.00) |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 1.09 (1.07, 1.11)* |
Diabetes mellitus without complication | 1.02 (1.00, 1.03) |
Diabetes mellitus with complication | 1.06 (1.04, 1.08)* |
Hypothyroidism | 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) |
Renal failure | 1.10 (1.08, 1.13)* |
Liver disease | 1.16 (1.12, 1.20)* |
Peptic ulcer | 0.92 (0.76, 1.11) |
AIDS | 1.03 (0.93, 1.14) |
Lymphoma | 1.27 (1.21, 1.33)* |
Metastatic cancer | 1.42 (1.37, 1.48)* |
Solid tumor without metastasis | 1.12 (1.09, 1.15)* |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 1.05 (1.02, 1.08)* |
Coagulopathy | 1.07 (1.04, 1.10)* |
Obesity | 0.97 (0.94, 0.99)* |
Weight loss | 1.07 (1.04, 1.09)* |
Fluid and electrolyte disorder | 1.09 (1.07, 1.11)* |
Chronic blood loss anemia | 0.98 (0.94, 1.01) |
Deficiency anemia | 1.08 (1.06, 1.10)* |
Alcohol abuse | 1.02 (0.98, 1.07) |
Drug abuse | 1.19 (1.14, 1.25)* |
Psychosis | 1.02 (0.99, 1.04) |
Depression | 0.99 (0.97, 1.01) |
Hypertension | 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) |
Hospital characteristics | |
Hospital type | |
Nonprofit | 1.00 |
Proprietary | 1.02 (0.99, 1.06) |
Government | 1.02 (0.98, 1.06) |
Hospital size | |
≤ 200 | 1.00 |
201–350 | 0.95 (0.92, 0.99)* |
351–500 | 0.96 (0.91, 1.00) |
> 500 | 0.97 (0.92, 1.02) |
Medical school affiliation | |
No affiliation | 1.00 |
Major | 1.04 (0.98, 1.11) |
Limited | 0.99 (0.94, 1.04) |
Type of care during hospitalization | |
Non-Hospitalist Generalist | 1.00 |
Hospitalist | 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) |
Both of the above | 1.11 (1.07, 1.14)* |
Specialist | 1.05 (1.03, 1.07)* |
Other | 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) |
*Statistically significant