Table V.

Outcomes of index admission mortality adjusted for demographics, comorbidities, and disease severity.

Patient-level covariates		OR	P value
	OHT	ref
	VAD	2.22 (1.67–2.97)	<. 001
	Previous VAD	0.85 (0.61–1.19)	.353
	Female	0.95 (0.71–1.28)	.748
Age		1.02 (1.01–1.03)	<. 001
Elixhauser Index		0.96 (0.89–1.03)	.284
Insurance
	Medicare	ref
	Medicaid	0.84 (0.53–1.33)	.453
	Private insurance	0.83 (0.63–1.09)	.182
	Self-pay	1.88 (0.67–5.27)	.230
	Other	0.82 (0.4–1.68)	.593
Income quartile
	Lowest (0–25)	ref
	Middle low (26–50)	1.01 (0.71–1.43)	.957
	Middle high (51–75)	0.89 (0.62–1.28)	.542
	Highest (76–100)	1.07 (0.76–1.51)	.700
Comorbidity
	Hypertension	0.5 (0.33–0.78)	.002
	Hyperlipidemia	0.36 (0.25–0.51)	<. 001
	Angina	1.17 (0.4–3.4)	.778
	CAD	0.93 (0.68–1.26)	.637
	CHF	0.51 (0.31–0.83)	.007
	History of MI	0.56 (0.34–0.9)	.018
	AICD	0.14 (0.04–0.44)	.001
	Cardiogenic shock	1.48 (1.16–1.9)	.002
	Endocarditis	0.87 (0.6–1.26)	.457
	Chronic kidney disease	0.90 (0.67–1.22)	.498
	Chronic pulmonary disease	0.77 (0.49–1.22)	.266
	Peripheral vascular disease	1.99 (1.25–3.19)	.004
	Chronic liver disease	1.44 (0.59–3.5)	.426
	Diabetes	0.99 (0.56–1.72)	.959
	Anemia	0.63 (0.49–0.81)	<. 001
	Coagulopathy	2.25 (1.74–2.91)	<. 001
	Frailty	1.07 (0.59–1.93)	.820
	High BMI (30+)	1.05 (0.69–1.59)	.822
	History of stroke	5.17 (3.42–7.81)	<. 001
Bed size
	Small	ref
	Medium	0.67 (0.24–1.83)	.431
	Large	0.76 (0.31–1.85)	.543
Ownership
	Government	ref
	Nonprofit	0.95 (0.67–1.34)	.754
	Private	0.78 (0.16–3.89)	.761
Teaching status
	Teaching	2.10 (0.85–5.20)	.110

OHT, orthotopic heart transplantation; VAD, ventricular assist device; OR, odds risk; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.