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Table 4 Odds of readmission according to demographic, clinical, and care setting characteristics

From: Inpatient care for stiff person syndrome in the United States: a nationwide readmission study

Characteristic

Any Readmission

Readmission to Different Hospital

p-valueb

OR

p-valueb

OR

Age

  < 40

0.3284

Reference 

0.3284

Reference

 40–49

 

0.31 (0.09-1.12) 

 

0.59 (0.08–4.53)

 50–59

 

0.52 (0.18-1.48) 

 

0.64 (0.10–3.99)

 60+

 

0.69 (0.21-2.34) 

 

1.51 (0.19–12.36)

Sex

 Male

0.0231

Reference

0.0231

Reference

 Female

 

3.29 (1.22–8.87)*

 

2.57 (0.52–12.65)

Primary payera

 Private insurance

0.0773

0.41 (0.15–1.13)

0.0773

0.29 (0.05–1.70)

 Medicare

0.2300

1.81 (0.74–4.42)

0.2300

1.88 (0.38–9.23)

 Medicaid

0.6354

1.33 (0.44–3.98)

0.6354

2.13 (0.41–11.18)

Median household incomea

 $66,000+

0.5110

Reference

0.5110

Reference

 $51,000 - $65,999

 

1.61 (0.48–5.33)

 

2.10 (0.18–24.30)

 $40,000 - $50,999

 

0.95 (0.28–3.24)

 

0.89 (0.05–14.82)

 $1 - $39,999

 

2.54 (0.66–9.77)

 

8.87 (0.81–96.73)

Length of stay

 0–7 days

0.3016

Reference

0.3016

Reference

  > 7 days

 

1.59 (0.65–3.90)

 

0.88 (0.18–4.28)

Discharge dispositiona

 Routine

0.0244

0.26 (0.10–0.64)**

0.0244

0.18 (0.04–0.89)*

 Transfer: short-term hospital

0.4935

3.28 (0.34–31.36)

0.4935

8.38 (0.73–95.73)

 Transfer: other type of facility

0.0848

2.40 (0.96–5.97)

0.0848

1.14 (0.23–5.74)

 Home health care

0.2774

2.63 (0.75–9.18)

0.2774

4.66 (0.71–30.70)

Comorbidities

 0–2

0.6717

Reference

0.6717

Reference

 3–4

 

0.81 (0.34–1.97)

 

0.65 (0.15–2.83)

 5+

 

1.64 (0.46–5.83)

 

2.90 (0.43–19.70)

Bed size of hospital

 Small

0.4433

Reference

0.4433

Reference

 Medium

 

3.28 (0.57–18.76)

 

4.06 (0.33–50.36)

 Large

 

1.62 (0.37–7.13)

 

0.94 (0.11–8.05)

Control/ownership of hospitala

 Private, not-for-profit

0.8673

0.89 (0.24–3.33)

0.8673

0.26 (0.05–1.41)

 Private, investor-owned

0.4248

2.44 (0.53–11.25)

0.4248

10.87 (2.03–58.25)**

Teaching status of hospitala

 Metropolitan teaching

0.5039

1.38 (0.53–3.57)

0.5039

1.75 (0.35–8.77)

 Metropolitan non-teaching

0.8803

1.08 (0.42–2.79)

0.8803

0.83 (0.17–4.17)

  1. Abbreviation: OR odds ratio
  2. aSome categories excluded due to small sample size. bChi-square test
  3. **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05