Table 4.
Propensity-score matched analysis between inpatient and outpatient cases categorized in Charlson-Deyo comorbidity index categories.
| Deyo 0 |
Deyo 1 |
Deyo 2 |
Deyo >2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | P-Value | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | P-Value | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | P-Value | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | P-Value | |||||
| All Cause Readmission within 90 days | 0.49 | 0.36 | 0.67 | <0.001 | 0.42 | 0.27 | 0.65 | <0.001 | 0.87 | 0.45 | 1.58 | 0.656 | 0.40 | 0.19 | 0.85 | 0.017 | |
| Mortality within 90 days | 1.00 | 0.27 | 3.70 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 0.43 | 7.56 | 1.000 | 6.02 | 0.54 | 66.77 | 0.144 | <0.01 | <0.001 | 1.000 | 0.997 | |
| Discharge to SNF |
0.07 |
0.03 |
0.13 |
<0.001 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.19 |
<0.001 |
0.13 |
0.05 |
0.35 |
<0.001 |
0.08 |
0.03 |
0.27 |
<0.001 |
|
| Cost Variables | Cost Diff (%) | 95% CI | P-Value | Cost Diff (%) | 95% CI | P-Value | Cost Diff (%) | 95% CI | P-Value | Cost Diff (%) | 95% CI | P-Value | |||||
| Hospitalization Cost ($) | −17.9 | −19.0 | −16.7 | <0.001 | −17.4 | −19.0 | −15.7 | <0.001 | −17.8 | −20.8 | −14.7 | <0.001 | −17.6 | −21.5 | −13.5 | <0.001 | |
| 90-Day Post-Discharge Cost ($) | −10.3 | −20.9 | 1.6 | 0.088 | −19.0 | −32.8 | −2.3 | 0.027 | 26.1 | −10.2 | 77.0 | 0.180 | −39.7 | −61.1 | −6.6 | 0.024 | |
| Total 90-day Cost ($) | −19.9 | −21.1 | −18.6 | <0.001 | −20.2 | −22.0 | −18.3 | <0.001 | −18.3 | −22.0 | −14.5 | <0.001 | −23.2 | −27.7 | −18.4 | <0.001 | |
SNF, Specialized nursing facility.