Research Article
Risk Factors for Emergency Department Short Time Readmission in Stratified Population
Table 2
values in the
-test for the most significant variables in each of the stratified groups.
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| Case management | | Patient age on admission | 0.0054 | Considered useful to make a follow-up call | 0.0087 | Acute myocardial infarction | 0.0066 | Thyroid disease | 0.0013 | Use of antipsychotics | 0.0039 | Use of inhalers | 0.0034 | Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation | 0.0021 | Heart failure | | Acute myocardial infarction | 0.0001 | Dementia | 0.0001 | Number of medications prescribed on emergency department discharge | 0.0000 | Diagnosis of gastrointestinal illness | 0.0020 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | | Dementia | 0.0071 | Depression | 0.0038 | Use of anticoagulants | 0.0071 | Genitourinary problems | 0.0021 | Use of opioids | 0.0021 | History of falls | 0.0071 | Diabetes mellitus | | Organic lesions | 0.0006 |
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value of the difference between readmitted and nonreadmitted patients.
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