Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted Cox regression hazard ratios of mortality and acute readmission, respectively, within 30 and 7 days for patients discharged with nonspecific diagnoses compared to disease-specific diagnoses, stratified into short and lengthier hospital courses
Mortality | Readmission† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30-day outcomes | Nonspecific discharge diagnosis | Disease-specific discharge diagnosis | Nonspecific discharge diagnosis | Disease-specific discharge diagnosis | ||
Short hospital courses (3 - <12 h) | Number of events (%) | 304 (45.0%) | 372 (55.0%) | 3460 (47.3%) | 3856 (52.7%) | |
HR | Unadjusted | 0.79 (0.68–0.92) | (ref) | 0.87 (0.83–0.91) | (ref) | |
Adjusted* | 0.97 (0.83–1.13) | (ref) | 0.94 (0.90–0.98) | (ref) | ||
Lengthier hospital courses (12–168 h) | Number of events (%) | 409 (17.8%) | 1885 (82.2%) | 2859 (22.2%) | 10,036 (77.8%) | |
HR | Unadjusted | 0.62 (0.55–0.68) | (ref) | 0.80 (0.77–0.83) | (ref) | |
Adjusted* | 0.94 (0.85–1.05) | (ref) | 0.95 (0.91–0.99) | (ref) | ||
7-day outcomes | ||||||
Short hospital courses (3 - <12 h) | HR | Unadjusted | 0.70 (0.52–0.93) | (ref) | 0.85 (0.80–0.91) | (ref) |
Adjusted* | 0.84 (0.63–1.12)** | (ref) | 0.92 (0.86–0.98) | (ref) | ||
Lengthier hospital courses (12–168 h) | HR | Unadjusted | 0.48 (0.39–0.59) | (ref) | 0.88 (0.83–0.93) | (ref) |
Adjusted* | 0.72 (0.57–0.88) | (ref) | 0.97 (0.91–1.03) | (ref) | ||