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Table 3 Adjusted risk of acute care hospitalization and emergency department use within one-year of discharge from CCC, by type of community follow-up within 7 days of discharge

From: Patterns of community follow-up, subsequent health service use and survival among young and mid-life adults discharged from chronic care hospitals: a retrospective cohort study

 

Inpatient hospitalization

ED visit

HR (95 % CI)

p-value

HR (95 % CI)

p-value

Home Care Visit Only

0.40 (0.29, 0.54)

<.0001

0.89 (0.72, 1.10)

0.28

Primary Care Physician Visit

0.64 (0.50, 0.80)

<.001

0.82 (0.68, 1.00)

0.05

Both

0.38 (0.26, 0.53)

<.0001

0.95 (0.77, 1.19)

0.68

Neither

1.0

 

1.0

 
  1. Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for age, sex, income, rurality, RUG-III group, number of conditions, type of conditions
  2. Note: Due to missing information on functional status