Table 2.

Influence of Hospital Concentration of Low-SES patients on 30-day Readmission Rates.

	Unadjusted		Patient Characteristics		Patient Characteristics + SES
	crude OR (95%CI)	P	AOR (95%CI)	P	AOR (95% CI)	P
Hospital proportion of Low-SES patients
Lowest	Reference		Reference		Reference
Low	1.20 (0.88-1.63)	0.26	1.02 (0.89-1.16)	0.81	1.01 (0.88-1.15)	0.87
Middle	1.35 (1.00-1.84)	0.05	1.10 (0.97-1.24)	0.13	1.08 (0.96-1.22)	0.20
High	1.44 (1.05-1.97)	0.023	1.14 (1.00-1.31)	0.044	1.08 (0.95-1.23)	0.23

Results are based on regression analysis (see text).

AOR – adjusted odds ratio; OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval