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Table 2 Independent odds of hospital readmission adjusting for known factors (gender, age, LOS, Elixhauser sum score, admission in the previous year, insurance, disposition, primary diagnosis)

From: Institution specific risk factors for 30 day readmission at a community hospital: a retrospective observational study

Covariate

OR (95% CI)

MD census

1.01 (0.98, 1.04)

MD hours

0.99 (0.94, 1.04)

Discharge on a switch day

0.90 (0.72, 1.21)

Service, housestaff vs. non-housestaaff

1.10 (0.87, 1.39)

Season (referentā€‰=ā€‰summer)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Winter

1.54 (1.20, 1.98)

ā€ƒā€‰Spring

1.12 (0.86, 1.45

ā€ƒā€‰Fall

1.10 (0.84, 1.42)

Floor (referentā€‰=ā€‰medical/oncology)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Cardiac

0.85 (0.71, 1.02)

ā€ƒā€‰Non-medical

0.76 (0.39, 1.48)

Floor census (reference <20)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰20-30

0.84 (0.67, 1.06)

ā€ƒā€‰>30

0.94 (0.72, 1.23)

Medicine/surgery census

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

Hospital census

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)