Table 2.

Continuity of Care, Usual Provider of Care, and Death or Liver Transplantation

Variable	Continuity of care	Usual provider of care
Percentile
Lowest 25th	ref	ref
25th-50th	1.08 (0.99–1.17)	1.09 (0.99–1.20)
50th-75th	1.14 (1.05–1.24)	1.15 (1.07–1.24)
Highest 25th	1.20 (1.10–1.31)	1.14 (1.06–1.24)
Sex
Male	ref	ref
Female	0.75 (0.71–0.80)	0.75 (0.71–0.80)
Age
<65 y	ref	ref
65–74 y	1.41 (1.29–1.56)	1.41 (1.29–1.56)
≥75 y	2.24 (2.06–2.53)	2.28 (2.06–2.53)
Regiona
Northeast	ref	ref
Midwest	1.20 (1.09–1.32)	1.20 (1.09–1.32)
South	1.11 (1.02–1.21)	1.11 (1.02–1.21)
West	1.04 (0.95–1.15)	1.05 (0.95–1.15)
Race
White	ref	ref
Black	0.94 (0.85–1.04)	0.94 (0.85–1.04)
Hispanic	0.67 (0.57–0.78)	0.67 (0.57–0.78)
Other	0.82 (0.72–0.94)	0.82 (0.72–0.94)
End-stage renal disease	1.69 (1.52–1.89)	1.69 (1.52–1.88)
Medicaid status
None	ref	ref
Full	0.98 (0.91–1.06)	0.98 (0.91–1.06)
Partial	0.98 (0.88–1.08)	0.98 (0.88–1.08)
Charlson comorbidity index	1.10 (1.09–1.11)	1.10 (1.09–1.11)
Hepatitis C virus	0.86 (0.75–0.98)	0.85 (0.74–0.98)
Alcoholic cirrhosis	1.35 (1.25–1.46)	1.35 (1.25–1.46)
Nonalcoholic, nonviral cirrhosis	1.18 (1.05–1.33)	1.18 (1.05–1.33)
Ascites	1.24 (0.97–1.58)	1.25 (0.98–1.59)
Varices	0.74 (0.64–0.86)	0.74 (0.64–0.86)
Hepatic encephalopathy	1.11 (1.01–1.23)	1.11 (1.01–1.23)
Hepatocellular carcinoma	1.88 (1.64–2.15)	1.88 (1.64–2.15)
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt	0.97 (0.71–1.33)	0.97 (0.71–1.33)
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis	1.41 (0.88–2.27)	1.40 (0.88–2.25)
Paracentesis	1.70 (1.51–1.92)	1.71 (1.51–1.93)
Location
Rural	ref	ref
Urban	0.92 (0.85–0.99)	0.92 (0.85–0.99)
Disability	1.01 (0.93–1.10)	1.01 (0.93–1.10)

Values are hazard ratio (95% confidence interval).

^ahttps://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf