Table 3. Predictors of discharge disposition to facility among hospitalizations due to HCC .

LL: lower limit; UL: upper limit; HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma

Independent variable/Characteristic	Odd Ratio	95% CI (LL)	95% CI (UL)	P value
Age (10 years increase)	1.34	1.29	1.40	< 0.001
Gender (%)
Male	ref
Female	1.03	0.95	1.12	0.5071
Race (%)
White	ref
Black	1.11	0.99	1.24	0.0708
Hispanic	0.79	0.69	0.90	0.0003
Others	0.78	0.69	0.89	0.0002
Comorbidities (%)
Obesity	1.05	0.91	1.21	0.5274
Hypertension	0.86	0.79	0.93	< 0.001
Diabetes mellitus	0.91	0.83	0.99	0.0250
Congestive heart failure	1.37	1.19	1.57	< 0.001
Hospital onset Pneumonia	1.63	1.37	1.94	< 0.001
Septicemia	2.55	2.08	3.14	< 0.001
History of chronic pulmonary disease	1.04	0.94	1.15	0.4048
Pulmonary circulatory disease	0.96	0.81	1.14	0.6227
Chronic Hypertension	0.86	0.79	0.93	< 0.001
Peripheral vascular disease	1.28	1.03	1.58	0.0284
Neurologic disease	1.90	1.64	2.20	< 0.001
Paralysis	2.63	1.93	3.60	< 0.001
Coagulopathy	1.20	1.09	1.31	< 0.001
Metastatic cancer	1.02	0.83	1.26	0.8587
Weightloss	1.55	1.41	1.72	< 0.001
Electrolytes	1.99	1.84	2.15	< 0.001
Liver disease	1.04	0.95	1.13	0.4047
Alcoholism	1.11	1.00	1.23	0.0461
Renal failure	1.29	1.15	1.44	< 0.001
Hypothyroidism	0.98	0.86	1.12	0.7256
Psychiatric diseases	2.11	1.74	2.54	< 0.001
Depression	1.40	1.24	1.59	< 0.001
Median house hold income (%)
1st quartile	1.13	1.01	1.27	0.0402
2nd quartile	1.09	0.97	1.22	0.1722
3rd quartile	1.14	1.02	1.28	0.0224
4th quartile
Primary Insurance (%)
Medicare/Medicaid
Private including HMO	0.68	0.62	0.76	< 0.001
Uninsured/Self-pay	0.79	0.68	0.92	0.0026
Hospital bed size (%)
Small	1.59	1.39	1.81	< 0.001
Medium	1.38	1.25	1.53	< 0.001
Large
Hospital Type (%)
Rural	2.66	2.24	3.16	< 0.001
Urban-Non teaching	1.90	1.73	2.10	< 0.001
Teaching
Hospital region (%)
Northeast
Midwest	0.93	0.81	1.07	0.3290
South	0.71	0.63	0.81	< 0.001
West	0.64	0.55	0.74	< 0.001