Table 2.

Omission of designating a clinician/clinic for follow-up in discharge summary and odds for 30-day rehospitalization/death (N = 1130)

	Adjusted odds ratioa (95% CI)	P value
30-day follow-up designation omitted	1.51 (1.07–2.12)	0.014*
Age, mean (SD)	0.97 (0.93–1.0)	0.176
Female	1.18 (0.82–1.68)	0.362
Race, non-white	1.35 (1.09–1.68)	0.006**
Medicaid enrolled	0.51 (0.16–1.57)	0.240
Composite Elixhauser score	1.02 (0.97–1.08)	0.374
Hierarchical condition category score prior to index hospitalization, mean (SD)	5.96 (3.07–11.6)	< 0.001***
Mechanical ventilation or G-tube, index hospitalization	0.9 (0.42–1.97)	0.798
Hospital index length of stay
1–4 d	Ref	Ref
5–6 d	1.16 (0.69–1.98)	0.569
7–9 d	1.3 (1.13–1.5)	< 0.001***
> 10 d	2.06 (1.3–3.26)	0.002**

^aAdjusted for all variables listed, clustered at hospital level

*Significant at p ≤ 0.05

**Significant at p ≤ 0.01

***Significant at p ≤ 0.001