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Table 3 Predictors for a hospital admission for an ACSC among the homeless

From: Preventable hospital admissions among the homeless in California: A retrospective analysis of care for ambulatory care sensitive conditions

Predictor

Odds ratio(SE)

95%CI

Age

1.022 (0.00237)

1.017, 1.027

Black or African American Race

1.373 (0.0629)

1.213, 1.553

Number of chronic conditions

1.144 (0.0104)

1.121, 1.168

Medicare insurance coverage

0.663 (0.0801)

0.566, 0.775

Admission source

  

Emergency Department

12.422 (0.1047)

10.117, 15.252

Other health facility including long-term care

2.879 (0.2220)

1.863, 4.448

  1. SE: Standard Error; CI: Confidence Interval.
  2. All predictors significant at p < 0.0001.