TABLE 2.
Probability of AWS Among Medical Inpatients in the Veterans Health Administration in Fiscal Year 2013
| Unadjusted* |
Adjusted† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR‡ | (95% CI) | Pred % | (95% CI) | OR‡ | (95% CI) | Pred % | (95% CI) | |
| All (n = 209,151) | — | — | 5.0 | (4.5 – 5.5) | — | — | 5.0 | (4.5 – 5.4) |
| Prior-year AUD (n = 32,028) | 39.5 | (37.3–41.8) | 26.4 | (24.4 – 28.4) | 24.6 | (23.1–26.3) | 17.5 | (16.1 – 18.8) |
| Prior-year AWS (n = 6,905) | 65.6 | (61.9–69.6) | 62.5 | (60.1 – 65.0) | 35.0 | (32.3–37.9) | 37.4 | (35.2 – 39.7) |
| Prior-year AUD/AWS (n = 32,326) | 44.6 | (42.1–47.3) | 26.7 | (24.7 – 28.6) | 28.3 | (26.4–30.3) | 17.9 | (16.4 –19.3) |
| No prior-year AUD or AWS (n = 176,825) | 0.02 | (0.02–0.02) | 0.9 | (0.8 – 1.0) | 0.04 | (0.03–0.04) | 1.0 | (0.9 – 1.1) |
AUD indicates alcohol use disorder; AWS, alcohol withdrawal syndrome; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; Pred %, predicted probability.
*
Including hospital as a random effect to account for covariance at the hospital level.
†
Adjusted for all patient demographics, diagnoses, and health services utilization covariates, with hospital facility as a random effect.
‡
All P-values were significant to a level <0.001.