Table 4:

Odds ratios for 30-day unplanned hospital readmission and death, by care setting combination, among older adults in Ontario

Care setting before index admission	Care setting after index admission	OR for 30-day readmission (95% CI)		OR for death (95% CI)
		Unadjusted	Adjusted*	Unadjusted	Adjusted*
Community	Community	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
	Community with home care	1.76 (1.72–1.80)	1.43 (1.39–1.46)	3.52 (2.97–4.18)	1.67 (1.31–2.12)
	Long-term care	0.80 (0.74–0.86)	0.68 (0.63–0.72)	4.71 (3.81–5.83)	1.05 (0.74–1.48)
Long-term care	Long-term care	1.40 (1.31–1.49)	1.35 (1.27–1.43)	18.52 (15.39–22.29)	13.05 (10.85–15.69)

Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, ref = reference.

^*Adjusted for age categories, sex, pre-existing chronic conditions (total number, dementia), any visit to the emergency department within 6 months before index hospital admission, any nonelective hospital admission within 1 year before index admission, any home care use in the 30 days before index hospital admission, case mix group at index hospital admission, length of index hospital stay (log), any alternate-level-of-care days during index hospital stay and any in-hospital complications during index hospital stay.