Table 5 Risk factors for hospital revisits
From: Hospital revisits after paediatric tonsillectomy: a cohort study
Risk factor | Emergency department presentations | Hospital readmissions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aOR | 95% CI | P value | aOR | 95% CI | P value | |
Age | ||||||
0–4 | Reference | – | – | Reference | – | – |
5–9 | 0.89 | 0.82–0.97 | 0.01* | 0.95 | 0.85–1.06 | 0.35 |
10–14 | 1.05 | 0.95–1.17 | 0.34 | 1.29 | 1.12–1.48 | < 0.001* |
15–19 | 2.30 | 2.09–2.54 | < 0.001* | 3.20 | 2.84–3.61 | < 0.001* |
Sex | ||||||
Male | Reference | – | – | Reference | – | – |
Female | 0.96 | 0.90–1.03 | 0.26 | 0.99 | 0.91–1.08 | 0.78 |
Area of remoteness | ||||||
Major city | Reference | – | – | Reference | – | – |
Inner regional | 1.01 | 0.91–1.11 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.75–0.98 | 0.02* |
Outer regional | 0.72 | 0.61–0.86 | < 0.001* | 0.53 | 0.42–0.68 | < 0.001* |
Remote or very remote | 0.79 | 0.10–5.99 | 0.82 | 1.18 | 0.15–9.04 | 0.87 |
Socioeconomic status | ||||||
1 (lowest SES) | Reference | – | – | Reference | – | – |
2 | 1.06 | 0.95–1.17 | 0.29 | 1.17 | 1.01–1.34 | 0.03* |
3 | 0.94 | 0.85–1.05 | 0.27 | 0.97 | 0.84–1.12 | 0.66 |
4 | 0.98 | 0.88–1.09 | 0.73 | 1.11 | 0.97–1.27 | 0.13 |
5 (highest SES) | 0.84 | 0.75–0.95 | 0.00 | 1.08 | 0.93–1.25 | 0.29 |
Hospital sector | ||||||
Private | Reference | – | – | Reference | – | – |
Public | 2.04 | 1.89–2.20 | < 0.001* | 1.46 | 1.33–1.60 | < 0.001* |
Hospital region | ||||||
Regional | Reference | – | – | Reference | – | – |
Metropolitan | 1.25 | 1.13–1.38 | < 0.001* | 1.31 | 1.15–1.49 | < 0.001* |
Surgical indication | ||||||
Infection | Reference | – | – | Reference | – | – |
Obstruction | 1.02 | 0.93–1.11 | 0.73 | 0.94 | 0.84–1.05 | 0.25 |
Both | 0.94 | 0.87–1.03 | 0.20 | 0.90 | 0.80–1.00 | 0.05 |
Neither | 0.73 | 0.54–0.98 | 0.04* | 0.72 | 0.50–1.03 | 0.07 |
Index surgery complication | 1.17 | 1.01–1.34 | 0.03* | 1.36 | 1.14–1.61 | < 0.001* |