Age ≥65 Years
Age <65 Years
Breslow-Day p
n/N
OR (95%CI)
n/N
OR (95%CI)
30-Day Readmission
Hispanic versus White/Asian
14/44 7/126
7.9 (2.9-21.4)
Jun-57 Sep-97
1.2 (0.4-3.4)
0.008
Hispanic versus Black
14/44 0/34
31.7 (1.8-555.9)*
Jun-57 May-49
1.0 (0.3-3.6)
0.004
Black versus White/Asian
0/34 7/126
0.3 (0.01-4.5)*
May-49 Sep-97
1.1 (0.4-3.5)
0.16
1-Year Mortality
Hispanic versus White/Asian
Jun-44 45/126
0.3 (0.1-0.7)
Oct-57 15/97
1.2 (0.5-2.8)
0.03
Hispanic versus Black
Jun-44 Sep-34
0.4 (0.1-1.3)
Oct-57 Sep-49
0.9 (0.3-2.6)
0.32
Black versus White/Asian
Sep-34 45/126
0.6 (0.3-1.5)
Sep-49 15/97
1.2 (0.5-3.1)
0.31
Table 3:
Age-stratified analysis of the associations between race/ethnic group, 30-day readmission and 1-year mortality. *OR estimated by imputing value of 0.5 to replace zero count for number of blacks ≥65 years readmitted at 30-days.