HIV and early hospital readmission: evaluation of a tertiary medical facility in Lilongwe, Malawi

Table 3 Factors Associated with Early (30-day) Readmissions (N = 2776), Stratified by HIV Status

	HIV Negative		HIV Positive
Factors	Adjusted RR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted RR (95% CI)	P-value
Discharge Diagnoses
Malaria	0.55 (0.13, 2.39)	0.43	0.43 (0.16, 1.17)	0.10
Multiple discharge diagnosis (non-HIV)
Yes	1.21 (0.54, 2.75)	0.64	1.51 (1.01, 2.24)	0.04
Length of stay
2–7 days	1.41 (0.40, 4.94)	0.54	1.47 (0.60, 3.58)	0.40
8–15 days	3.58 (0.92, 13.9)	0.07	1.75 (0.68, 4.50)	0.25
> 16 days	4.13 (0.83, 20.59)	0.08	2.65 (0.95, 7.42)	0.06

RR Risk Ratio, CI Confidence interval
Table 3 shows the relationship between multiple discharge diagnoses, length of stay, malignancy, malaria, anemia and early readmission, stratified by HIV status

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