Table 3.
Relative Risk of Hospital Admission and Death between Patients after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the General Elderly Population in 2012
| Age–Sex–Race–Standardized Cumulative Incidence Ratio (95% CI), by Day after Discharge |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readmission |
Death |
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| All | No Ventilator Support | Noninvasive Ventilation | Invasive Ventilation | All | No Ventilator Support | Noninvasive Ventilation | Invasive Ventilation | |
| 30 d | 13.7 (13.6–13.7) | 13.3 (13.3–13.4) | 16.4 (16.2–16.5) | 16.6 (16.4–16.8) | 12.6 (12.5–12.7) | 10.3 (10.2–10.4) | 30.9 (30.3–31.5) | 39.2 (38.4–39.9) |
| 60 d | 10.2 (10.2–10.2) | 10.0 (10.0–10.0) | 11.5 (11.4–11.6) | 11.7 (11.6–11.8) | 9.8 (9.7–9.9) | 8.3 (8.3–8.4) | 21.4 (21.1–21.8) | 26.5 (26.1–26.9) |
| 90 d | 8.3 (8.2–8.3) | 8.1 (8.1–8.2) | 9.0 (9.0–9.1) | 9.2 (9.1–9.2) | 8.3 (8.2–8.3) | 7.2 (7.1–7.2) | 16.9 (16.7–17.2) | 20.6 (20.3–20.9) |
| 180 d | 5.4 (5.4–5.4) | 5.4 (5.4–5.4) | 5.6 (5.6–5.6) | 5.5 (5.5–5.5) | 6.0 (6.0–6.0) | 5.4 (5.4–5.4) | 11.1 (10.9–11.2) | 13.1 (12.9–13.2) |
| 365 d | 3.3 (3.3–3.3) | 3.3 (3.3–3.3) | 3.1 (3.1–3.1) | 2.7 (2.7–2.7) | 4.3 (4.3–4.3) | 4.0 (4.0–4.0) | 7.2 (7.1–7.2) | 8.1 (8.0–8.2) |
Definition of abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.