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. 2020 Jul 6;117(27-28):472–479. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0472

Table 2. 3-level regression model readmission in the second half of the year after discharge.

Variable Covariance parameter estimate Standard error
Random intercepts of the null model
Hospital 0.09 0.02
Region (post code 2 digits) 0.02 0.01
Random intercepts of the predictor model
Hospital 0.04 0.02
Region (post code 2 digits) 0.02 0.01
Variable Odds ratio*1 F value p
Fixed effects of the predictor model
Sociodemographic factors
– Age (per year) 1.00 [1.00; 1.01] 14.42 0.0001
– Male sex 0.95 [0.85; 1.05] 1.18 0.2769
Illness-related factors
– Secondary diagnosis personality disorder (F60–F61) 1.70 [1.51; 1.90] 82.11 <0.0001
– Secondary diagnosis posttraumatic stress disorder (F43.1) 1.53 [1.30; 1.81] 25.81 <0.0001
– Primary diagnosis severe depression (F3x.2–F3x.3) 1.50 [1.35; 1.66] 55.26 <0.0001
– Secondary diagnosis obsessive-compulsive disorder (F42) 1.32 [1.01; 1.72] 4.18 0.0408
– Secondary diagnosis drugs (F11–F19 except F17) 1.28 [1.09; 1.51] 9.19 0.0024
– Secondary diagnosis alcohol-related disorders (F10) 1.21 [1.05; 1.39] 6.75 0.0094
– Secondary diagnosis dissociative disorder (F44) 1.13 [0.77; 1.65] 0.37 0.5456
– Secondary diagnosis somatoform disorders (F45) 1.09 [0.93; 1.28] 1.16 0.2816
– Charlson index (somatic comorbidities) 1.09 [0.99; 1.20] 2.82 0.0931
– Secondary diagnosis tobacco (F17) 1.07 [0.87; 1.31] 0.43 0.5097
– Secondary diagnosis anxiety disorders (F40–F41) 0.99 [0.87; 1.14] 0.01 0.9042
– Secondary diagnosis eating disorders (F50) 0.92 [0.72; 1.18] 0.39 0.5322
– Secondary diagnosis adjustment disorders (F43.2) 0.75 [0.53; 1.05] 2.78 0.0953
Treatment-related factors
– Guideline-adherent follow-up treatment with antidepressants 1.49 [1.35; 1.64] 63.13 <0.0001
– Treatment in hospital/department of psychiatry*2 1.30 [1.12; 1.51] 11.97 0.0005
– Length of stay (per day) 1.00 [1.00; 1.00] 0.19 0.6603
– Treatment units (per 25 min TU per week) 0.96 [0.95; 0.98] 14.94 0.0001
– Guideline-adherent follow-up treatment with psychotherapy 0.78 [0.67; 0.90] 10.67 0.0011

*1 95% confidence intervals*2 As opposed to hospital/department of psychosomatic medicine TU, treatment unit