Table 2. Characteristics of visits among patients who died as outpatients compared to patients still alive after their last clinical encounter at Baylor-Malawi.
| Bivariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Alive (N = 5070) | Died (N = 459) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | ||
| Median time as patient in years (IQR) | 1.84 | (0.40–5.2) | 0.3 | (0.07–1.1) | 0.65 (0.61–0.70) | <0.0001 | 0.77 (0.72–0.82) | <0.001 |
| Median time since last visit in months (IQR) | 1.2 | (0.9–2.0) | 0.6 | (0.3–1.2) | 1.03 (1.01–1.04) | <0.0001 | ||
| Number of visits in 30 day period prior to last visit | 0 | (0–1) | 1 | (0–2) | 2.06 (1.86–2.29) | <0.001 | 1.49 (1.31–1.69) | <0.001 |
| Unscheduled sick visit—n (%) | ||||||||
| •No | 4,770 | (94.1) | 384 | (83.7) | Referent | Referent | ||
| •Yes | 300 | (5.9) | 75 | (16.3) | 3.11 (2.36–4.08) | <0.0001 | 1.46 (1.31–1.69) | <0.001 |
| Missed last visit—n (%) | ||||||||
| •No | 3538 | (69.8) | 353 | (76.9) | Referent | <0.0001 | ||
| •Yes | 286 | (5.6) | 42 | (9.2) | 1.47 (1.05–2.07) | |||