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. 2018 Apr 2;18:225. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3050-9

Table 3.

Factors Associated with Early (30-day) Readmissions (N = 2776), Stratified by HIV Status

HIV Negative HIV Positive
Factors Adjusted RR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted RR (95% CI) P-value
Discharge Diagnoses
 Malaria 0.55 (0.13, 2.39) 0.43 0.43 (0.16, 1.17) 0.10
Multiple discharge diagnosis (non-HIV)
 Yes 1.21 (0.54, 2.75) 0.64 1.51 (1.01, 2.24) 0.04
Length of stay
 2–7 days 1.41 (0.40, 4.94) 0.54 1.47 (0.60, 3.58) 0.40
 8–15 days 3.58 (0.92, 13.9) 0.07 1.75 (0.68, 4.50) 0.25
  > 16 days 4.13 (0.83, 20.59) 0.08 2.65 (0.95, 7.42) 0.06

RR Risk Ratio, CI Confidence interval

Table 3 shows the relationship between multiple discharge diagnoses, length of stay, malignancy, malaria, anemia and early readmission, stratified by HIV status