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Table 6 Association of Hospital of admission (Hospital P: A&E paediatric led; Hospital A: Adult A&E led) with Prolonged length of stay (LOS) for children with only one admission in the year of study (n=1925)

From: Length of paediatric inpatient stay, socio-economic status and hospital configuration: a retrospective cohort study

  

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

LOS

Hospital

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

≥1.8 days (mean)

P

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

A

1.15

0.93, 1.41

0.200

1.22

0.98, 1.52

0.071

1.35

1.07, 1.69

0.010

1.44

1.14, 1.82

0.002

≥4 days

P

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

A

0.93

0.71, 1.21

0.591

0.95

0.72, 1.25

0.711

1.00

0.76, 1.33

0.978

1.06

0.79, 1.41

0.707

>24 hours (median)

P

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

A

1.15

0.93, 1.41

0.200

1.26

0.99, 1.61

0.059

1.40

1.09, 1.79

0.009

1.75

1.14, 1.82

<0.001

  

IRR

95% CI

p value

IRR

95% CI

p value

IRR

95% CI

p value

IRR

95% CI

p value

Days

P

ref

-

-

ref

-

-

ref

-

-

ref

-

-

A

1.07

0.96, 1.19

0.212

1.10

0.99, 1.23

0.067

1.19

1.07, 1.33

0.001

1.20

1.08, 1.34

0.001

  1. CI confidence interval, A&E Accident and Emergency department, IDACI Income deprivation affecting children index, IRR Incident Rate Ratio, LOS Length of stay, OR Odds ratio, ref reference category
  2. Model 1: Adjusted for admission hospital and quartile of IDACI; as defined in Tables 1 and 2
  3. Model 2: Additionally adjusted for age (groups), gender, ethnicity (group) - as defined in Tables 1 and 2.
  4. Model 3: Additionally adjusted for final diagnosis, medical or surgical specialty and number of hospital admissions during the study period
  5. Model 4: Additionally adjusted for source of admission, weekend or week day admission, and season and time of admission - as defined in Tables 1 and 2)