Outcome | All patients | Intervention cohort | Control cohort | Unweighted analysis | Weighted analysisc | ||
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Ratio | P-value | Ratio | P-value | ||||
Unplanned ED readmission (at 30 days), N/D (%) | 205/1625 (12.6%) | 112/857 (13.1%) | 93/768 (12.1%) | 1.10 (0.85;1.42) | 0.49 | 1.15 (0.89;1.48) | 0.28 |
Unplanned ED readmission (at 90 days), N/D (%) | 375/1625 (23.1%) | 205/857 (23.9%) | 170/768 (22.1%) | 1.08 (0.91;1.29) | 0.38 | 1.16 (0.97;1.38) | 0.11 |
Time to unplanned ED readmission within 90 days, days, Me (Min-Max) | 26.9 (0.2–88.3) | 27.6 (0.2–88.0) | 25.1 (0.3–88.3) | 0.98 (0.80;1.21) | 0.88 | 0.96 (0.78;1.17) | 0.66 |
Hospitalization rate, N/D (%) | 1152/1680 (68.6%) | 620/886 (70.0%) | 532/794 (67.0%) | 1.15 (0.93;1.41) | 0.19 | 1.37 (1.12;1.69) | 0.003a |
Length of ED stay, hours, Me (Min - Max) | 16.1 (1.3–110.3) | 12.7 (1.4–61.2) | 19.1 (1.3–110.3) | 0.84 (0.79;0.89) | <.001a | 0.89 (0.84;0.95) | <.001a |
Length of inhospital stay, days, Me (Min-Max) | 8.7 (0.3–77.5) | 8.6 (0.6–76.1) | 8.7 (0.3–77.5) | 0.97 (0.86;1.09) | 0.60 | 0.92 (0.81;1.03) | 0.15 |
Higher level of care (at hospital discharge), N/D (%) | 229/1625 (14.1%) | 124/857 (14.5%) | 105/768 (13.7%) | 1.03 (0.81;1.30) | 0.82 | 1.05 (0.83;1.33) | 0.69 |
Higher level of careb (at 30 days), N/D (%) | 37/500 (7.4%) | 20/252 (7.9%) | 17/248 (6.9%) | 1.16 (0.62;2.16) | 0.65 | 1.28 (0.70;2.34) | 0.42 |
Higher level of careb (at 90 days), N/D (%) | 36/489 (7.4%) | 19/248 (7.7%) | 17/241 (7.1%) | 1.09 (0.58;2.04) | 0.80 | 1.42 (0.78;2.58) | 0.26 |
Functional declineb (at 30 days), N/D (%) | 113/476 (23.7%) | 61/236 (25.9%) | 52/240 (21.7%) | 1.19 (0.86;1.65) | 0.29 | 1.39 (1.01;1.92) | 0.04a |
Functional declineb (at 90 days), N/D (%) | 115/479 (24.0%) | 63/237 (26.6%) | 52/242 (21.5%) | 1.30 (0.91;1.86) | 0.15 | 1.51 (1.06; 2.14) | 0.02a |
Post-hospitalization Mortality (at 90 days), N/D (%) | 97/1625 (6.0%) | 48/857 (5.6%) | 49/768 (6.4%) | 0.85 (0.56;1.28) | 0.44 | 1.07 (0.71;1.62) | 0.73 |