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Table 3 Relationship between Time to LTACH and Outcomes

From: Time spent in prior hospital stay and outcomes for ventilator patients in long-term acute care hospitals

Outcomes

Univariate Logistic Regression

Multivariate Logistic Regression

Instrumental Variable Regression

Odds ratio

P value

Odds ratio

P value

Odds ratio

P value

Weaned at LTACH

0.986

< 0.001

0.990

< 0.001

0.884

0.005

Weaned at LTACH and alive for at least 7 days after discharge

0.986

< 0.001

0.990

< 0.001

0.857

0.001

Weaned at LTACH, excluding patients discharged to hospice

0.986

< 0.001

0.990

< 0.001

0.866

0.001

90-day Mortality

1.013

< 0.001

1.007

0.001

1.046

0.327