Hospital discharge planning and continuity of care for aged people in an Italian local health unit: does the care-home model reduce hospital readmission and mortality rates?

Table 4 Hazard Ratio of death

	HR	95% CI
*Gender*
Female	1
Male	1.44	1.00–2.09
*Age (years)*
64–74	1
75–84	0.77	0.48–1.26
85+	1.12	0.69–1.83
*Primary diagnosis at admission*
Cardio-circulatory diseases	1
Injury and poisonings	0.62	0.31–1.25
Cancers	3.27	1.93–5.55
Diseases of the respiratory system	1.84	1.01–3.34
Diseases of the digestive system	1.27	0.54–2.99
Other diseases	0.94	0.55–1.63
*ADL at hospital admission*
Independent	1
Partially dependent	0.57	0.26–1.24
Totally dependent	0.7	0.30–1.64
*IADL at hospital admission*
Independent	1
Partially dependent and Totally dependent	2.02	0.79–5.21
*Typology of term-care*
Routine care	1
Care home not followed by long term care intervention	1.15	0.77–1.74
Care home followed by long term care intervention	0.36	0.20–0.66
P-value of log partial likelihood ratio test <0.001

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