Table 3.
GEE models for predictors on admission and Unplanned ED Revisit within 72 hours
| Admission to Hospital
|
Unplanned ED Revisit within 72 Hours
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate
|
Complete Model
|
Univariate
|
Complete Model
|
|
| OR (95%) | OR (95%) | OR (95%) | OR (95%) | |
| Age | 1.05 (1.05-1.05) | 1.03 (1.02-1.03) | 0.99 (0.99-1.00) | 0.99 (0.98-1.00) |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 1.44 (1.38-1.51) | 1.32 (1.25-1.39) | 1.12 (1.01-1.25) | 1.15 (1.03-1.28) |
| Women | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Insurance | ||||
| Medicaid | 1.98 (1.83-2.15) | 1.49 (1.35-1.65) | 1.20 (1.00-1.44) | 1.19 (0.98-1.44) |
| Medicare | 4.28 (4.06-4.52) | 1.20 (1.10-1.30) | 0.93 (0.80-1.08) | 1.19 (0.98-1.45) |
| Private | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Uninsured | 1.19 (1.12-1.26) | 0.85 (0.79-0.91) | 0.93 (0.82-1.06) | 0.96 (0.83-1.10) |
| Race | ||||
| Asian | 0.64 (0.72-0.92) | 0.95 (0.82-1.10) | 0.98 (0.65-1.47) | 0.93 (0.61-1.42) |
| Black | 0.32 (0.30-0.34) | 0.42 (0.39-0.45) | 1.08 (0.92-1.26) | 0.99 (0.84-1.17) |
| White | 1.00 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Other | 0.33 (0.32-0.35) | 0.58 (0.53-0.64) | 1.07 (0.92-1.25) | 0.89 (0.70-1.13) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 0.55 (0.52-0.58) | 0.65 (0.59-0.71) | 1.01 (0.90-1.12) | 1.08 (0.87-1.34) |
| Non-Hispanic | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Language | ||||
| Limited English Proficiency | 1.20 (1.11-1.30) | 1.04 (0.95-1.15) | 1.19 (1.02-1.48) | 1.24 (1.02-1.53) |
| English-speaking | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Triage Category | ||||
| Immediate | 494.97 (234.3-1045.7) | 229.04 (91.7-572.0) | Excluded | Excluded |
| Emergent | 97.41 (65.9-146.2) | 51.29 (31.0-84.9) | 0.33 (0.24-0.45) | 0.33 (0.24-0.46) |
| Urgent | 33.20 (22.2-49.8) | 21.06 (12.7-34.8) | 0.53 (0.40-0.59) | 0.53 (0.41-0.70) |
| Semiurgent | 2.72 (1.81-4.09) | 2.43 (1.46-4.03) | 0.43 (0.32-0.56) | 0.43 (0.33-0.57) |
| Nonurgent | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
| Charlson Comorbidity Score | 2.48 (2.39-2.58) | 1.90 (1.83-1.97) | 1.01 (0.95-1.06) | 1.01 (0.96-1.07) |