TABLE 3.
Unadjusted and Adjusted Clinical Outcomes for All Patients Combined and Medicine Unit Patients
| Clinical outcome | Unadjusted model result (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted model result (95% CI) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | ||||
| Length of stay proportional change a | 1.00 (0.97‐1.05) | .65 | 0.98 (0.92‐0.99) | .0087 |
| Total direct cost proportional change a | 0.98 (0.96‐1.00) | .17 | 0.99 (0.97‐1.01) | .12 |
| 30‐Day hospital readmission odds ratio | 0.93 (0.86‐1.00) | .039 | 0.86 (0.80‐0.93) | .0002 |
| Restraint rate ratio | 0.83 (0.76‐0.91) | <.0001 | 0.91 (0.71‐1.16) | .45 |
| Safety attendant rate ratio | 0.51 (0.48‐0.54) | <.0001 | 0.63 (0.41‐0.97) | .034 |
| Medicine unit | ||||
| Length of stay proportional change | 0.92 (0.88‐0.95) | <.0001 | 0.91 (0.83‐0.99) | .028 |
| Total direct cost proportional change | 0.87 (0.83‐0.91) | <.0001 | 0.93 (0.89‐0.96) | .0002 |
| 30‐day hospital readmission odds ratio | 0.85 (0.74‐0.98) | .029 | 0.97 (0.83‐1.13) | .66 |
| Restraint rate ratio | 1.04 (0.89‐1.22) | .62 | 1.02 (0.63‐1.67) | .92 |
| Safety attendant rate ratio | 0.88 (0.80‐0.97) | .0089 | 0.85 (0.68‐1.07) | .16 |
a
Back‐transformed coefficient for length of stay and total direct cost represent proportional change from preintervention to postintervention periods based on log‐transformed variables.