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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2019 Oct 8;71(1):75–78. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900233

Table 1.

Adjusted associations between demographics, clinical characteristics and attending an outpatient appointment within 7 days following discharge for patients who did and did not receive outpatient care in the 30 days prior to the inpatient admission.

Received outpatient care in 30 days prior to inpatient admission (n=85) Did not receive outpatient care in 30 days prior to inpatient admission (n=104)
Attended outpatient appointment within 7 days following discharge (n=53; 62%) Attended outpatient appointment within 7 days following discharge (n=46; 44%)
Variable N % (Row) Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% C.I. N % (Row) Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% C.I.
Communication with outpatient provider
 No 10 67 ref 18 32 ref
 Yes 43 61 .65 .18–2.33 28 58 2.73 1.09–6.84
Age
 Youth (20 and under) 9 82 ref 10 50 ref
 Adult (21+) 44 59 .53 .07–3.95 36 43 .93 .27–3.18
Gender
 Female 32 67 ref 20 44 ref
 Male 21 57 .60 .20–1.77 26 44 .97 .39–2.39
Race/ethnicity
 Black non-Hispanic 15 48 ref 21 40 ref
 Hispanic/Puerto Rican 11 69 2.43 .63–9.47 1 20 .30 .02–3.64
 White non-Hispanic 21 72 2.58 .79–8.44 20 54 1.50 .57–3.97
 Other/unknown 6 67 1.51 .27–8.55 4 40 .89 .19–4.23
Inpatient length of stay
 1–6 days 10 67 ref 9 33 ref
 7–13 days 24 67 1.59 .36–7.04 18 45 1.76 .58–5.30
 14 days or longer 19 56 .85 .19–3.77 19 51 2.38 .72–7.88
Primary discharge diagnosis
 Psychotic disorder 24 56 ref 16 41 ref
 Mood disorder 25 66 .91 .29–2.86 24 46 1.47 .57–3.81
 Other 4 100 N/Aa N/Aa 6 46 2.07 .44–9.85
Co-occurring substance use disorder
 No 34 67 ref 23 46 ref
 Yes 19 56 .74 .27–2.01 23 43 1.10 .45–2.68
a

Value not available due to small sample size