Table 2.
Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios for Inpatient Cirrhosis Mortality (High Volume Hospital Cohort)
| N=78,083 | Unadjusted | Adjusted for Patient Characteristics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Region | Odds Ratio | P value | Odds Ratios | P value |
| Northeast | 1 | 1 | ||
| Midwest | 0.88 | 0.36 | 0.54 | <0.001 |
| South | 1.04 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 0.53 |
| West | 1.12 | 0.34 | 0.78 | 0.12 |
| Patient Traits | ||||
| Age | 1.01 | 0.006 | 1.01 | 0.05 |
| Gender | 1.04 | 0.62 | 1.08 | 0.38 |
| Insurance Status | ||||
| • Private/HMO | 1 | 1 | ||
| • Medicare | 0.83 | 0.03 | 0.80 | 0.05 |
| • Medicaid | 0.86 | 0.12 | 0.98 | 0.87 |
| • Self-pay | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1.26 | 0.08 |
| Transferred In | 2.40 | <0.001 | 1.49 | 0.001 |
| Ascites | 1.12 | 0.08 | 0.82 | 0.01 |
| Hepatic encephalopathy | 1.78 | <0.001 | 1.28 | 0.001 |
| Hepatorenal Syndrome | 7.6 | <0.001 | 1.09 | 0.43 |
| Upper GI bleed | 2.6 | <0.001 | 1.74 | <0.001 |
| Hepatitis C | 0.77 | 0.003 | 0.83 | 0.32 |
| Alcoholic Liver Disease | 1.40 | <0.001 | 1.23 | 0.03 |
| Liver transplant | 0.73 | 0.25 | 0.21 | <0.001 |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 1.18 | 0.32 | 0.83 | 0.32 |
| Diabetes | 0.40 | <0.001 | 0.49 | <0.001 |
| Infection | 3.0 | <0.001 | 1.41 | <0.001 |
| Acute Kidney Injury | 6.77 | <0.001 | 1.53 | <0.001 |
| APRDRG Mortality Risk Score | ||||
| • Minor | 1 | 1 | ||
| • Moderate | 1.11 | 0.78 | 1.26 | 0.56 |
| • Major | 5.27 | <0.001 | 4.97 | <0.001 |
| • Extreme | 54.7 | <0.001 | 39.5 | <0.001 |
| Hospital Traits | ||||
| Hospital Bedsize | 1.09 | 0.24 | 1.05 | 0.60 |
| Rural/Urban | 1.28 | 0.02 | 1.27 | 0.19 |
| Teaching Status | 1.23 | 0.01 | 1.11 | 0.27 |