Table 3.
Unadjusted model | Adjusted modela | |||||
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OR | 95% CI | Pr > ChiSq | OR | 95% CI | Pr > ChiSq | |
Quality of care | ||||||
Middle tertile hospitals compared to the lowest tertile hospitals | 0.82 | 0.66–1.00 | 0.055 | 0.86 | 0.72–1.04 | 0.112 |
Highest tertile hospitals compared to the lowest tertile hospitals | 0.79 | 0.61–1.02 | 0.067 | 0.77 | 0.65–0.91 | 0.002 |
Patient safety | ||||||
Middle tertile hospitals compared to the lowest tertile hospitals | 0.92 | 0.75–0.13 | 0.450 | 0.82 | 0.68–1.00 | 0.048 |
Highest tertile hospitals compared to the lowest tertile hospitals | 0.68 | 0.52–0.90 | 0.006 | 0.74 | 0.60–0.91 | 0.004 |
Adjustments were made for patient characteristics (gender, age, comorbidities, surgical DRGs, emergency room admittance) and hospital characteristics (size, level of specialization, teaching status)