Table 3. Adjusted Odds of Transfer for Black and Hispanic Patients Stratified by Patient and Hospital Characteristica.
Subgroup | Index hospital fixed effects | |||||
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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.
Reference category is White.
99.72% CIs reported to incorporate multiple comparisons and Bonferroni adjustment.
Minority-serving hospitals include those hospitals in the top 10% of volume of discharges for Black and Hispanic patients, respectively.