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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Apr 2;53(6):735–740. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23997

Table 3:

Social complexity has a strong influence on post-transfer hospitalization rate1

Risk Factor Coefficient (β) Confidence Interval P-value
BLSS 0.46 (0.28, 0.64) < 0.0001
Gap in Care −0.26 (−0.68, 0.16) 0.22
Outpatient Visit Rate (post-transfer, per year) 0.08 −0.08, 0.23 0.33
FEV1 % predicted at transfer −0.004 (−0.02, 0.008) 0.54
Depression 0.09 (−0.27, 0.45) 0.61
TCS 0.005 (−0.05, 0.06) 0.86
Age at Transfer −0.003 (−0.05, 0.04) 0.88
Hospitalization Rate
(pre-transfer, per year)		 0.60 (0.36, 0.83) < 0.0001
1

Variables included had a significant relationship with post-transfer hospitalization rate in bivariate analysis. adjusted R2 = 0.72, N = 122

Post-transfer Hospitalizations = (0.46 * BLSS) + (0.6 * pre-transfer hospitalization rate) – 2.7

BLSS, Bob’s level of social support

TCS, Treatment Complexity Scale