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. 2021 Mar 26;4(3):e213474. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.3474

Table 3. Adjusted Odds of Transfer for Black and Hispanic Patients Stratified by Patient and Hospital Characteristica.

Subgroup Index hospital fixed effects
Black Hispanic
No. aOR (99.72% CI)b P value No. aOR (99.72% CI)b P value
Patient diagnosis
AMI 12 752 0.73 (0.64-0.85) <.001 8330 1.11 (0.93-1.33) .11
Stroke 22 718 0.87 (0.72-1.04) .03 9851 1.08 (0.82-1.42) .47
Respiratory disease 6794 0.68 (0.41-1.12) .04 4115 1.32 (0.65-2.68) .29
Sepsis 42 280 0.98 (0.85-1.13) .72 25 292 1.22 (0.99-1.49) .009
Hospital teaching status
Major 21 357 0.73 (0.55-0.96) .002 7260 0.81 (0.52-1.26) .20
Minor 28 723 0.94 (0.81-1.10) .30 15 572 1.20 (0.98-1.47) .03
Nonteaching 34 464 0.85 (0.76-0.94) <.001 24 756 1.15 (1.00-1.33) .006
Hospital minority-serving statusc
Minority serving 38 068 0.87 (0.75-1.01) .01 22 842 1.16 (0.93-1.45) .08
Not minority serving 47 476 0.85 (0.77-0.94) <.001 24 746 1.12 (0.98-1.28) .03

Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

a

Reference category is White.

b

99.72% CIs reported to incorporate multiple comparisons and Bonferroni adjustment.

c

Minority-serving hospitals include those hospitals in the top 10% of volume of discharges for Black and Hispanic patients, respectively.