From: Emergency Department and Inpatient Healthcare utilization due to Hypertension
Univariate | Multivariable-adjusted | |||
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B-estimatea (95 % CI) | P-value | B-estimatea (95 % CI) | P-value | |
Age | ||||
<50 | Ref | Ref | ||
50- <65 | 4099.5 (2790.9, 5408.1) | <0.0001 | 3478.3 (2007.5, 4949.1) | <0.0001 |
65- <80 | 7602.0 (5920.2, 9283.9) | <0.0001 | 4916.7 (3322.1, 6511.3) | <0.0001 |
≥80 | 5465.2 (3421.7, 7508.6) | <0.0001 | 1419.5 (−346.3, 3185.3) | 0.1149 |
Gender | ||||
Female (ref) | Ref | Ref | ||
Male | 2634.0 (1658.1, 3609.9) | <0.0001 | 273.2 (−603.8, 1150.2) | 0.5410 |
Median household income | ||||
1st quartile (< $38,999) | Ref | Ref | ||
2nd quartile ($39,000 to $47,999) | 2807.9 (573.2, 5042.6) | 0.0139 | 1551.8 (−519.5, 3623.2) | 0.1418 |
3rd quartile ($48,000 to $62999) | 4816.3 (1994.3, 7638.3) | 0.0008 | 2010.2 (−454.3, 4474.7) | 0.1097 |
4th quartile ($63,000 or more) | 8879.6 (4721.0, 13038.2) | <0.0001 | 4122.0 (447.4, 7796.7) | 0.0280 |
Primary payer | ||||
Medicare | Ref | Ref | ||
Medicaid | 109.4 (−2624.6, 2843.44) | 0.9374 | 1633.7 (−1032.0, 4299.4) | 0.2293 |
Private insurance | −5403.9 (−6842.8, −3965.1) | <0.0001 | −343.7 (−1752.1, 1064.8) | 0.6320 |
Self-pay/No charge | −9279.1 (−11307.1, −7251.05) | <0.0001 | −2197.7 (−4074.3, −321.0) | 0.0218 |
Other | −5871.1 (−9599.0, −2143.1) | 0.0021 | −3775.8 (−6842.5, −709.2) | 0.0159 |
Patient residence | ||||
Micropolitan/not metro | Ref | Ref | ||
Metropolitan (large or small) | 10950.6 (8508.3, 13392.9) | <0.0001 | 8651.8 (6361.1, 10942.5) | <0.0001 |
Hospital Region | ||||
Northeast | Ref | Ref | ||
Midwest | −9957.2 (−16070.1, −3844.23) | 0.0014 | −9936.6 (−15814.5, −4058.8) | 0.0010 |
South | −5883.6 (−11886.2, 119.0) | 0.0547 | −5384.8 (−11298.4, 528.80) | 0.0742 |
West | 14494.2 (7118.5, 21869.9) | 0.0001 | 11992.9 (5047.4, 18938.3) | 0.0007 |
Teaching status of hospital | ||||
Metropolitan non –teaching or non-metro | Ref | Ref | ||
Metropolitan teaching | −1801.1 (−5304.5, 1702.3) | 0.3131 | −1094.6 (−4385.9, 2196.7) | 0.5140 |
Comorbidities | ||||
CHD (ref: no) | 5309.5 (3931.5, 6687.6) | <0.0001 | 1403.8 (186.8, 2620.8) | 0.0238 |
Hyperlipidemia (ref: no) | −3780.9 (−4842.8, −2719.0) | <0.0001 | −3947.7 (−4872.1, −3023.3) | <0.0001 |
Renal failure (ref: no) | 15161.4 (13324.7, 16998.1) | <0.0001 | 11217.3 (9614.5, 12820.1) | <0.0001 |
Heart Failure (ref: no) | 16095.3 (14106.3,18084.2) | <0.0001 | 11954.3 (10060.2, 13848.5) | <0.0001 |
Gout (ref: no) | −2037.1 (−3945.0, −129.2) | 0.0364 | 2219.1 (520.7, 3917.6) | 0.0105 |
Diabetes (ref: no) | 3422.1 (2450.1, 4394.2) | <0.0001 | −661.5 (−1662.0, 338.9) | 0.1946 |
COPD (ref: no) | 7870.4 (5955.5, 9785.3) | <0.0001 | 2955.0 (1137.8, 4772.2) | 0.0015 |
Osteoarthritis (ref: no) | −4400.6 (−6279.1, −2522.1) | <0.0001 | −2858.6 (−4473.5, −1243.7) | 0.0005 |