Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted association between alcohol misuse and any outpatient follow-up as well as follow-up with a specialist provider in the 30 days following hospital discharge among patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit during their hospital stay

	Any outpatient follow-up (n = 4103)		Specialist provider (n = 4103)
	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Alcohol misuse	0.54 (0.47, 0.61)Z	0.60 (0.52, 0.70)Z	0.66 (0.60, 0.73)Z	0.55 (0.47, 0.64)Z
Age		1.01 (1.00, 1.02)**		1.00 (1.00, 1.01)
Gender (male)		0.81 (0.71, 0.93)**		1.18 (1.02, 1.37)**
Race
White, non-hisp		Ref		Ref
Black		1.33 (1.0, 1.61)**		1.05 (0.85, 1.30)
Hispanic		1.79 (1.55, 2.07)Z		1.29 (1.11, 1.50)*
Other		1.29 (0.93, 1.78)		1.36 (0.97, 1.90)
Payer source
Commercial		Ref		Ref
Medicaid		1.27 (1.02, 1.59)**		0.82 (0.65, 1.03)
Medicare		0.75 (0.60, 0.96)**		0.54 (0.42, 0.69)z
Self-pay/other		0.97 (0.77, 1.22)		0.78 (0.62, 0.99)**
Homeless		0.56 (0.48, 0.66)Z		0.53 (0.44, 0.64)Z
Charlson/Deyo
0		Ref		Ref
1–2		1.02 (0.79, 1.30)		0.79 (0.61, 1.02)
≥ 3		1.26 (0.96, 1.65)		1.05 (0.79, 1.40)

Charlson/Deyo index is a measure of medical comorbidities

OR odds ratio

^zp < 0.0001; *< 0.001; **< 0.05