Skip to main content

Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted association between alcohol misuse and any outpatient follow-up as well as follow-up with a specialist provider in the 30 days following hospital discharge among patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit during their hospital stay

From: Alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a retrospective cohort study

 

Any outpatient follow-up (n = 4103)

Specialist provider (n = 4103)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Alcohol misuse

0.54 (0.47, 0.61)Z

0.60 (0.52, 0.70)Z

0.66 (0.60, 0.73)Z

0.55 (0.47, 0.64)Z

Age

 

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)**

 

1.00 (1.00, 1.01)

Gender (male)

 

0.81 (0.71, 0.93)**

 

1.18 (1.02, 1.37)**

Race

    

 White, non-hisp

 

Ref

 

Ref

 Black

 

1.33 (1.0, 1.61)**

 

1.05 (0.85, 1.30)

 Hispanic

 

1.79 (1.55, 2.07)Z

 

1.29 (1.11, 1.50)*

 Other

 

1.29 (0.93, 1.78)

 

1.36 (0.97, 1.90)

Payer source

    

 Commercial

 

Ref

 

Ref

 Medicaid

 

1.27 (1.02, 1.59)**

 

0.82 (0.65, 1.03)

 Medicare

 

0.75 (0.60, 0.96)**

 

0.54 (0.42, 0.69)z

 Self-pay/other

 

0.97 (0.77, 1.22)

 

0.78 (0.62, 0.99)**

Homeless

 

0.56 (0.48, 0.66)Z

 

0.53 (0.44, 0.64)Z

Charlson/Deyo

    

 0

 

Ref

 

Ref

 1–2

 

1.02 (0.79, 1.30)

 

0.79 (0.61, 1.02)

 ≥ 3

 

1.26 (0.96, 1.65)

 

1.05 (0.79, 1.40)

  1. Charlson/Deyo index is a measure of medical comorbidities
  2. OR odds ratio
  3. zp < 0.0001; *< 0.001; **< 0.05