Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression to evaluate factors associated with a “Short LOS” (≤3 days) among pediatric cancer fever and neutropenia discharges

Factors	Adjusted odds ratio (OR)	95% CI	P-value
Gender
Female	1.06	1.02–1.10	0.006
Age
15–19 years	Ref
10–14 years	1.06	0.99–1.13	0.076
5–9 years	1.20	1.11–1.30	<0.001
0–4 years	1.08	1.01–1.15	0.029
Primary payer
Public	Ref
Private	1.08	1.02–1.13	0.004
Self-pay	1.05	0.89–1.23	0.591
Other	0.96	0.85–1.08	0.467
Median household income per ZIP code
1st quartile	Ref
2nd quartile	1.08	1.01–1.16	0.032
3rd quartile	1.10	1.03–1.18	0.01
4th quartile	1.07	1.00–1.15	0.05
Hospital location-teaching status
Urban, teaching	Ref
Urban, non-teaching	1.12	0.96–1.31	0.16
Rural	2.01	1.57–2.58	<0.001
Hospital region
Northeast	Ref
Midwest	1.22	1.09–1.36	<0.001
South	1.04	0.94–1.15	0.41
West	0.94	0.85–1.05	0.298
Type of infection
Upper respiratory infection	1.07	0.97–1.18	0.165
Acute otitis media	1.26	1.10–1.44	0.001
Bloodstream infection	0.21	0.18–0.24	<0.001
Viral infection	1.82	1.55–2.15	<0.001
Urinary tract infection	0.44	0.39–0.50	<0.001
Pneumonia	0.27	0.22–0.32	<0.001
Type of cancer
ALL	0.84	0.78–0.89	<0.001
Bone cancer	0.77	0.71–0.85	<0.001
Central nervous system tumor	0.99	0.92–1.07	0.787
AML	0.40	0.36–0.45	<0.001
Soft tissue sarcoma	1.25	1.13–1.37	<0.001
Neuroblastoma	0.56	0.48–0.66	<0.001
Hodgkin lymphoma	1.66	1.45–1.91	<0.001
Wilms tumor	0.59	0.52–0.68	<0.001
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	0.46	0.39–0.54	<0.001
Ovarian or testicular tumor	0.63	0.52–0.76	<0.001

Controlled for Race; CI = Confidence Interval, ALL = Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; AML = Acute Myelogenous Leukemia; Type of Infection and Type of Cancer are presented as dichotomous variables