Table 5.
Appendix, fixed effects, all readmission from Table 2
| Models | Logit | Hazard | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE |
| Education | ||||
| Elementary or lower | Reference | Reference | ||
| Middle school | − 0.0598** | (0.0251) | − 0.0463* | (0.0272) |
| High school | − 0.159*** | (0.0326) | − 0.139*** | (0.0359) |
| University | − 0.163*** | (0.0434) | − 0.176*** | (0.0484) |
| Laurea or above | 0.0725 | (0.118) | − 0.0270 | (0.135) |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Shock | − 0.286*** | (0.0717) | − 0.358*** | (0.0821) |
| Diabetes with complications | 0.0565 | (0.0435) | 0.120*** | (0.0461) |
| Congestive heart failure | − 0.0126 | (0.0208) | 0.00661 | (0.0225) |
| Cancer | − 0.133** | (0.0655) | − 0.0852 | (0.0697) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | − 0.217*** | (0.0360) | − 0.199*** | (0.0390) |
| Pulmonary edema | 0.0771 | (0.0780) | 0.0796 | (0.0839) |
| Acute renal failure | 0.0502 | (0.0573) | 0.0558 | (0.0612) |
| Chronic renal failure | − 0.000708 | (0.0272) | 0.0291 | (0.0292) |
| Cardiac dysrhythmias | − 0.133*** | (0.0223) | − 0.109*** | (0.0241) |
| Year fixed-effects | ||||
| 2010 | Reference | Reference | ||
| 2011 | 0.0203 | (0.0270) | 0.0219 | (0.0291) |
| 2012 | − 0.00896 | (0.0307) | − 0.0366 | (0.0334) |
| 2013 | − 0.0702** | (0.0322) | − 0.107*** | (0.0352) |
| 2014 | − 0.0849** | (0.0332) | − 0.111*** | (0.0361) |
| 2015 | − 0.180*** | (0.0322) | − 0.225*** | (0.0353) |
| Regional fixed-effects | ||||
| Piedmont (10) | Reference | Reference | ||
| Aosta Valley (20) | 0.616 | (0.702) | 0.747 | (0.571) |
| Lombardy (30) | 0.338* | (0.195) | 0.245 | (0.169) |
| P.A. Bolzano (41) | 0.905** | (0.410) | 0.709** | (0.354) |
| P.A. Trento (42) | − 0.208 | (0.408) | − 0.257 | (0.350) |
| Veneto (50) | 0.379* | (0.200) | 0.305* | (0.170) |
| Friuli Venezia Giulia (60) | 0.101 | (0.235) | 0.255 | (0.200) |
| Liguria (70) | 0.255 | (0.296) | 0.263 | (0.248) |
| Emilia Romagna (80) | 1.189*** | (0.198) | 1.145*** | (0.169) |
| Tuscany (90) | 0.675*** | (0.200) | 0.577*** | (0.168) |
| Umbria (100) | 0.160 | (0.250) | 0.144 | (0.213) |
| Marche (110) | 0.481 | (0.327) | 0.495* | (0.269) |
| Lazio (120) | 0.806*** | (0.188) | 0.614*** | (0.159) |
| Abruzzo (130) | 0.545** | (0.260) | 0.345 | (0.228) |
| Molise (140) | − 0.623 | (0.485) | − 0.674 | (0.441) |
| Campania (150) | 0.258 | (0.220) | 0.0949 | (0.197) |
| Apulia (160) | 0.814*** | (0.222) | 0.635*** | (0.194) |
| Basilicata (170) | 1.333*** | (0.355) | 1.024*** | (0.301) |
| Calabria (180) | 0.619** | (0.251) | 0.536** | (0.222) |
| Sicily (190) | 0.735*** | (0.232) | 0.569*** | (0.217) |
| Sardinia (200) | 0.229 | (0.237) | 0.198 | (0.206) |
***Significant at 1%; **significant at 5%; *significant at 10%