Table 4.

Unadjusted and Adjusted^a Associations Between the Components of Pediatric Readiness and Odds of Transfer

	Unadjusted		Single component in modela	Multiple components in modela
Section	Transferred
	d	P b	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Pediatric Readiness Score		.008
≤ 70	1.53%		Ref	-
> 70	0.98%		0.56 (0.34-0.93)	-
Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators		.10
Neither	1.32%		Ref	Ref
Nurse or Physician	1.92%		1.13 (0.74-1.73)	1.12 (0.4-1.67)
Competency Evaluations		.36
Neither	1.66%		Ref	Ref
Nurse or Physician	1.35%		0.83 (0.54-1.26)	0.80 (0.50-1.29)
Quality Improvement (QI)		.58
QI/Performance plan absent	1.41%		Ref	Ref
QI/Performance plan present	1.57%		1.09 (0.65-1.82)	1.07 (0.61-1.88)
Safety c		.06
Q1	2.11%		Ref	Ref
Q2	1.56%		0.85 (0.40-1.80)	1.23 (0.58-2.62)
Q3-Q4	1.31%		0.67 (0.40-1.11)	0.74 (0.44-1.24)
Policies/Procedures/Protocols d		.002
Q1	1.96%		Ref	Ref
Q2	1.54%		0.72 (0.40-1.32)	0.82 (0.42-1.59)
Q3	1.92%		0.88 (0.50-1.56)	1.01 (0.55-1.86)
Q4	0.98%		0.54 (0.31-0.91) †	0.55 (0.29-1.03)
Equipment and Supplies for Children e		.30
Q1	1.52%		Ref.	Ref
Q2	1.45%		0.99 (0.53-1.85)	0.76 (0.41-1.41)
Q3	1.81%		1.30 (0.75-2.22)	1.43 (0.84-2.44)
Q4	1.21%		0.95 (0.56-1.65)	1.09 (0.63-1.87)

^†P < .05

^aModels include the covariates from the core model in Table 3 and random intercepts. Coefficients for these other covariates not shown.

^bChi-square tests adjusted for clustering at the hospital level.

^cAggregate weighted section score divided into quartiles: Quartile 1 (0 to <9.45 pts), Quartile 2 (9.45 to <12.6 pts), Quartiles 3-4 (12.6 to < 14 pts)

^dAggregate weighted section score divided into quartiles: Quartile 1 (0 to <4.24 pts), Quartile 2 (4.24 to < 8.48 pts), Quartile 3 (8.48 to < 10.6 pts), Quartile 4 (10.6 to 17 pts)

^eAggregate weighted section score divided into quartiles: Quartile 1 (0 to <26.2 pts), Quartile 2 (26.2 to <28.8 pts), Quartile 3 (28.8 to < 31.2 pts), Quartile 4 (31.2 to 33 pts)