Associations between characteristics of the patients at municipal acute bed unit admission and further transfer to hospital: a prospective observational study

Table 3 Relative risk for transfer to hospital compared to home or nursing home

	Transfer to hospital crude				Transfer to hospital adjusted^a
	N	%	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
Gender
Female	1790	21.5	1		1
Male	954	27.5	1.28	[1.11–1.48]	1.22	[1.05–1.42]
Age
17–52	621	21.1	1		1
53–75	662	24.0	1.14	[0.91–1.42]	1.01	[0.80–1.28]
76–85	706	25.9	1.23	[0.99–1.52]	1.04	[0.82–1.32]
86–102	755	22.9	1.09	[0.87–1.35]	0.95	[0.74–1.21]
Comorbidities
0	900	20.9	1		1
1	883	24.8	1.19	[0.99–1.42]	1.15	[0.95–1.39]
2	609	27.3	1.30	[1.09–1.57]	1.15	[0.94–1.40]
3+	320	21.3	1.02	[0.80–1.29]	0.86	[0.67–1.11]
TEWS
0	757	19.6	1		1
1	632	18.7	0.95	[0.77–1.19]	0.96	[0.77–1.20]
2	589	21.7	1.11	[0.90–1.37]	1.11	[0.89–1.37]
3	341	31.1	1.59	[1.28–1.98]	1.58	[1.26–1.98]
4	154	34.4	1.76	[1.35–2.30]	1.73	[1.32–2.27]
5	63	46.0	2.35	[1.74–3.19]	2.30	[1.68–3.17]
6–9	52	53.9	2.75	[2.05–3.69]	2.61	[1.90–3.60]

^aIn the adjusted model n = 2557, due to missing in TEWS (n = 156) and comorbidities (additional n = 31)

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