Table 3. Within Hospital Difference in Readmission Rates by Operative Indication Stratified by Procedure type and Readmission Quintile.
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| Claudicants | Unspecified | High-Risk | OR | 95% CI | Claudicants | Unspecified | High-Risk | OR | 95% CI | |
| Lowest (Best) | 6.8% | 12.2% | 15.5% | 2.07 | [1.89 - 2.27] | 5.1% | 9.2% | 14.3% | 2.39 | [2.19 - 2.61] |
| Low | 8.7% | 13.6% | 17.4% | 1.78 | [1.64 - 1.94] | 6.0% | 11.0% | 17.4% | 2.54 | [2.33 - 2.77] |
| Median | 9.2% | 15.5% | 20.0% | 1.99 | [1.82 - 2.17] | 6.6% | 12.2% | 18.3% | 2.44 | [2.25 - 2.64] |
| High | 10.1% | 17.7% | 21.6% | 1.96 | [1.80 - 2.13] | 7.0% | 13.5% | 21.0% | 2.74 | [2.50 - 3.00] |
| Highest (Worst) | 12.3% | 20.8% | 26.7% | 2.14 | [1.95 - 2.34] | 8.5% | 16.1% | 24.3% | 2.67 | [2.48 - 2.89] |