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

Haj-Ali, Wissam; Moineddin, Rahim; Hutchison, Brian; Wodchis, Walter P.; Glazier, Richard H.

doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05658-9

Table 6 All cause hospital readmissions between April 1st, 2015 and March31st, 2017 among multi-morbid adults by patient characteristics from March 31st, 2003

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

Patients characteristics
All cause readmission s and patient totals	1796	11,963	15.0	1917	13,160	14.6	0.4
Sex No. (%)
Males	807	5265	15.3	893	5869	15.2	0.1
Female	989	6698	14.8	1024	7291	14.0	0.8
Missing		–			–		0
Age group, yr. No. (%)
18–44	159	1229	12.9	156	1288	12.1	0.8
45–64	774	5213	14.8	787	5665	13.9	0.9
65+	863	5521	15.6	974	6207	15.7	−0.1
Missing
New OHIP registrants (within 10 years) No. (%)
Yes	36	294	12.2	78	470	16.6	−4.4
No	1760	11,669	15.1	1839	12,690	14.5	0.6
Income quintile, No. (%)
1 (low)	404	2742	14.7	453	2859	15.8	−1.1
2	423	2710	15.6	396	2815	14.1	1.5
3	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S
4	349	2161	16.1	360	2545	14.1	2
5 (high)	294	1972	14.9	340	2290	14.8	0.1
Missing	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S
Rurality Index of Ontario, No. (%)
Major urban (0 to 9)	886	5741	15.4	1403	9396	14.9	0.5
Semi-urban (10 to 39)	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S
Rural (≥40)	310	2060	15.0	115	881	13.1	1.9
Missing	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S
Resource utilization band (RUB), No. (%)
0 (non-user)	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S
1	6	40	15.0	7	27	25.9	−10.9
2	56	399	14.0	54	382	14.1	−0.1
3	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S
4	524	3370	15.5	534	3773	14.2	1.3
5 (very high user)	289	1707	16.9	302	1841	16.4	0.5
Missing
Patients with Chronic disease
2 + Co-morbidity No. (%)
yes	1796	11,963	15.0	1917	13,160	14.6	0.4
No	0	0		0	–		0
3+ comorbidities No. (%)
yes	1226	7635	16.1	1335	8657	15.4	0.7
No	570	4328	13.2	582	4503	12.9	0.3
4+ comorbidities No. (%)
yes	697	4213	16.5	770	4841	15.9	0.6
No	1099	7750	14.2	1147	8319	13.8	0.4
5+ comorbidities No. (%)
yes	344	1949	17.7	378	2329	16.2	1.5
No	1452	10,014	14.5	1539	10,831	14.2	0.3

D/S refers to data supressed for observations with a count between 1 and 5 and have been suppressed to comply with Personal Health Information Protection Act privacy legislation

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