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Table 4 Univariate analysis of readmissions within 30 days distributed by infectious condition

From: The impact of methicillin-resistant S. aureus on length of stay, readmissions and costs: a register based case-control study of patients hospitalized in Norway

Readmissions within 30 days

Cases (n = 74)

Controls (n = 299)

Logistic regression

Linear regression

 

n (%)

n (%)

OR

95% CI

p-value

Coef.

95% CI

p-value

All patients (n = 74/299)

10 (14%)

22 (10%)

1.50

0.65–3.46

0.34

0.04

−0.04 – 0.12

0.34

 • No infections (n = 30/144)

4 (13%)

15 (13%)

1.02

0.31–3.32

0.98

0.00

−0.13 – 0.14

0.98

 • Any infection (n = 44/155)

6 (14%)

7 (6%)

3.44

0.79–15.00

0.10

0.08

−0.01 – 0.17

0.07

  - Non-severe infections (n = 25/83)

4 (16%)

1 (2%)

10.86

1.15–102.77

<0.05

0.14

0.04–0.25

<0.05

  - Severe infections (n = 13/57)

2 (15%)

5 (11%)

1.76

0.19–16.67

0.62

0.04

−0.13 – 0.21

0.62

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval