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Table 2 LACE index and Clinician Subjective Predictions for Readmitted and Non-readmitted Patients

From: Clinicians can independently predict 30-day hospital readmissions as well as the LACE index

 

Readmitted

Not readmitted

P-value

 

(N = 78)

(N = 281)

 

LACE Index

0.003

 Mean (SD)

11.3 (3.4)

10.1 (3.3)

 

 Median (Q1, Q3)

12 (9, 14)

10 (8, 12)

 

 Min, Max

3, 18

1, 18

 

Residents

0.002

 Mean (SD)

45.5 (28.9)

34.6 (24.8)

 

 Median (Q1, Q3)

50 (20, 67.5)

30 (15, 50)

 

 Min, Max

0, 100

0, 100

 

 Missing data

6

17

 

Attendings

< 0.001

 Mean (SD)

48.1 (28.4)

31.1 (25.4)

 

 Median (Q1, Q3)

40 (25, 70)

25 (10, 50)

 

 Min, Max

5, 100

0, 100

 

 Missing data

3

7

 

Nurses

0.011

 Mean (SD)

40.2 (22.9)

30.6 (23.3)

 

 Median (Q1, Q3)

40 (25, 50)

25 (10, 50)

 

 Min, Max

3, 90

0, 100

 

 Missing data

30

87

 
  1. SD Standard Deviation, Q1 25th percentile, Q3 75th percentile