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Table 5 All cause hospital readmissions among multi-morbid adults between April 1st, 2015 and March 31st, 2017 by physician characteristics based March 31st, 2017

From: Role of Interprofessional primary care teams in preventing avoidable hospitalizations and hospital readmissions in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

 

Interprofessional Teams

Non-interprofessional teams

 

Numerator

Denominator

Rate per 100

Numerator

Denominator

Rate per 100

Rate Difference (Interprofessional Teams - Non-interprofessional teams)

All-cause readmissions and patient totals

1796

11,963

15.0

1917

13,160

14.6

0.4

Sex No. (%)

 Male

1231

8183

15.0

1375

9547.00

14.4

0.6

 Female

565

3780

14.9

542

3613.00

15.0

−0.1

 Missing

0

0

0.0

0

0.00

0.0

0

Age group No. (%) in Yrs.

 < 40

320

2013

15.9

156

1098.00

14.2

1.7

 40–64

1208

8170

14.8

1346

9242.00

14.6

0.2

 65+

255

1648

15.5

404

2730.00

14.8

0.7

 Missing

13

132

9.8

11

90.00

12.2

−2.4

Country of medical graduation Canada No. (%)

 Yes

1405

9389

15.0

1369

9459.00

14.5

0.5

 No

378

2442

15.5

537

3611.00

14.9

0.6

 Missing

13

132

9.8

11

90.00

12.2

−2.4

Years in practice No. (%)

 < 5

36

246

14.6

24

189.00

12.7

1.9

 5_15

406

2650

15.3

204

1464.00

13.9

1.4

 16–25

385

2571

15.0

437

3047.00

14.3

0.7

 > 25

969

6496

14.9

1252

8460.00

14.8

0.1

 Missing

0

0

0.0

0

0.00

0.00

0