Table 3.

Impact of scheduled hospital visits on 1-year readmission due to heart failure during the entire period or during a sub-period within or after 180 days after discharge

	Univariate			Multivariate
	HR (95%CI)	P		HR (95%CI)	P
Entire period
Scheduled hospital visit	0.70 (0.49–0.97)	0.033		0.73 (0.51–1.01)	0.060
eGFR	0.97 (0.95–0.99)	<0.001		0.97 (0.96–0.99)	<0.001
Age	1.04 (1.01–1.08)	0.019		1.03 (1.00–1.07)	0.078
Period within 180 days
Scheduled hospital visit	0.41 (0.16–0.79)	0.005		0.43 (0.17–0.81)	0.007
eGFR	0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.025		0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.034
Age	1.02 (0.98–1.08)	0.319		1.01 (0.97–1.07)	0.589
Period after 180 days
Scheduled hospital visit	0.89 (0.58–1.33)	0.560		0.93 (0.60–1.40)	0.716
eGFR	0.97 (0.95–0.99)	0.005		0.97 (0.95–0.99)	0.011
Age	1.05 (1.01–1.10)	0.026		1.04 (1.00–1.09)	0.071

CI: confidence interval

eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate

HR: hazard ratio