Table 6.
Appendix, fixed effects, same MDC readmission from Table 2
| Models | Logit | Hazard | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE |
| Education | ||||
| Elementary or lower | Reference | Reference | ||
| Middle school | 0.0365 | (0.0705) | 0.00986 | (0.0892) |
| High school | 0.00916 | (0.0915) | − 0.0196 | (0.117) |
| University | − 0.135 | (0.127) | − 0.215 | (0.165) |
| Laurea or above | 0.475 | (0.292) | − 0.485 | (0.552) |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Shock | − 0.126 | (0.203) | − 0.306 | (0.276) |
| Diabetes with complications | 0.394*** | (0.110) | 0.264* | (0.147) |
| Congestive heart failure | 0.194*** | (0.0558) | 0.210*** | (0.0700) |
| Cancer | − 0.186 | (0.196) | − 0.224 | (0.249) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | − 0.350*** | (0.112) | − 0.418*** | (0.144) |
| Pulmonary edema | − 0.0292 | (0.234) | − 0.134 | (0.306) |
| Acute renal failure | − 0.113 | (0.165) | − 0.0325 | (0.196) |
| Chronic renal failure | 0.468*** | (0.0650) | 0.540*** | (0.0806) |
| Cardiac dysrhythmias | − 0.286*** | (0.0671) | − 0.257*** | (0.0835) |
| Year fixed-effects | ||||
| 2010 | Reference | Reference | ||
| 2011 | 0.211** | (0.0853) | 0.340*** | (0.108) |
| 2012 | 0.301*** | (0.0939) | 0.365*** | (0.120) |
| 2013 | 0.210** | (0.0970) | 0.295** | (0.124) |
| 2014 | 0.333*** | (0.0965) | 0.333*** | (0.125) |
| 2015 | 0.321*** | (0.0921) | 0.414*** | (0.118) |
| Regional fixed-effects | ||||
| Piedmont (10) | Reference | Reference | ||
| Aosta Valley (20) | − 0.547 | (1.128) | − 0.116 | (1.268) |
| Lombardy (30) | − 0.182 | (0.242) | − 0.200 | (0.330) |
| P.A. Bolzano (41) | 0.0502 | (0.580) | − 0.0670 | (0.786) |
| P.A. Trento (42) | − 1.020 | (0.648) | − 1.632 | (0.999) |
| Veneto (50) | 0.447** | (0.225) | 0.446 | (0.311) |
| Friuli Venezia Giulia (60) | 0.121 | (0.272) | 0.180 | (0.365) |
| Liguria (70) | 0.173 | (0.306) | 0.283 | (0.421) |
| Emilia Romagna (80) | 0.899*** | (0.225) | 0.848*** | (0.309) |
| Tuscany (90) | 0.518*** | (0.200) | 0.451 | (0.280) |
| Umbria (100) | 0.141 | (0.293) | 0.170 | (0.396) |
| Marche (110) | 0.441* | (0.241) | 0.583* | (0.310) |
| Lazio (120) | 0.364* | (0.193) | 0.0421 | (0.275) |
| Abruzzo (130) | 0.218 | (0.343) | 0.275 | (0.457) |
| Molise (140) | − 1.034 | (1.091) | − 0.650 | (1.175) |
| Campania (150) | − 0.0146 | (0.336) | 0.00196 | (0.445) |
| Apulia (160) | 0.712** | (0.292) | 0.577 | (0.393) |
| Basilicata (170) | 1.031** | (0.404) | 1.225** | (0.547) |
| Calabria (180) | 0.317 | (0.372) | 0.468 | (0.489) |
| Sicily (190) | 0.784* | (0.422) | 0.701 | (0.554) |
| Sardinia (200) | 0.490 | 0.490 | 0.524 | (0.415) |
***Significant at 1%; **significant at 5%; *significant at 10%