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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurooncol. 2017 Oct 7;136(1):87–94. doi: 10.1007/s11060-017-2625-3

Table 3.

Predictors of 30 and 90-day all cause readmission: values depicted represent odds ratios, confidence intervals and p values for predictors of 30 and 90-day all cause readmissions

30-day
90-day
OR p value OR p value
Payer information
 Medicare 1.43 <0.01 1.31 0.01
 Medicaid 1.27 0.02 1.29 <0.01
 Private Insurance Reference
Age category
 <50 years old Reference
 50–64 years old 0.98 0.82 1.2 0.01
 ≥ 65 years old 0.90 0.37 1.24 0.05
Comorbidities
 0 comorbidities Reference
 1 comorbidity 1.07 0.53 1.02 0.8
 2 comorbidities 1.24 0.03 1.26 <0.01
Hospital teaching status
 Metro non-teaching Reference
 Metro teaching 0.97 0.78 0.99 0.87
 Non-metro 0.98 0.94 0.84 0.5
Tumor resection volume
 < 25th volume percentile Reference
 25–50th volume percentile 0.72 0.2 0.88 0.56
 50–75th volume percentile 0.71 0.15 0.7 0.11
 > 75th volume percentile 0.66 0.09 0.64 0.03
Emergency room status
 No ED origin Reference
 ED origin 1.06 0.57 0.99 0.95
Length of stay category
 0–2 days Reference
 3–4 days 1.14 0.22 1.08 0.4
 >4 days 1.25 0.06 1.3 0.01
Postoperative infection
 No postop infection Reference
 Postop infection 2.00 0.01 1.65 0.09
 Tumor location
 Cerebrum 0.93 0.8 1.21 0.32
 Frontal Reference
 Temporal 1.07 0.51 0.96 0.65
 Parietal 1.02 0.83 1.01 0.95
 Occipital 0.63 0.01 0.76 0.06
 Ventricles 1.41 0.18 1.19 0.46
 Cerebellum 1.03 0.85 1.07 0.72
 Brain stem 1.94 0.07 1.25 0.56
 Other brain 1.09 0.51 1.09 0.41
 Brain NOS 1.41 <0.01 1.19 0.04
APRDRG severity score
 Minor loss of function Reference
 Moderate loss of function 1.02 0.87 0.97 0.73
 Major loss of function 1.28 0.01 1.06 0.54
 Extreme loss of function 1.42 <0.01 1.15 0.2
Discharge disposition
 Routine Reference
 Transfer to short-term hospital 1.7 <0.01 1.05 0.83
 Transfer other: SNF, ICF 1.43 <0.01 1.25 <0.01
 Home health care 1.4 <0.01 1.25 <0.01
 AMA 1.65 0.42 2.8 0.09
 Discharge alive, destination unknown
Income quartile based on ZIP code
 Income quartile 1 1.11 0.3 1.19 0.04
 Income quartile 2 0.96 0.67 1.09 0.26
 Income quartile 3 0.90 0.29 1.06 0.47