Table 2.

The impact of residing in public rental housing on readmission risk and hospital services utilization.

Outcomes	Residing in public rental housing OR (95% CI)a	p-value
Readmission within 15 days	1.19 (1.02–1.39)	0.029*
Readmission within 30 days	1.27 (1.12–1.43)	<0.001*
Frequent hospital admission (three or more)	1.27 (1.14–1.43)	<0.001*
Frequent ED visits (four or more)	1.40 (1.21–1.61)	<0.001*
Specialist outpatient clinic attendance	0.92 (0.83–1.02)	0.112

^aAdjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, hospital admission payment mode, Charlson Comorbidity Index score, number of surgical procedures, length of stay, number of hospital admission (1 year before index admission), specialist outpatient clinic visits (1 year before index admission), emergency department visits (1 year before index admission), history of malignancy, usage of anti-depressant drugs, usage of anti-psychotic drugs, LACE score, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive cardiac failure, and cerebrovascular disease.

*p < 0.05 (statistically significant).