| | Inpatient mortality a | Discharge to a health facility b | Hospital cost (2016 USD) c |
|---|
OR | 95%CI | OR | 95%CI | Marginal effects | 95%CI |
|---|
White Americans | Ref | | Ref | | Ref | |
Native Americans | 0.78* | 0.61–0.99 | 0.59*** | 0.55–0.63 | 364* | 82 to 646 |
Black Americans | 0.77*** | 0.73–0.81 | 0.89*** | 0.88–0.90 | − 142*** | − 212 to −72 |
Asian Americans | 0.88* | 0.79–0.99 | 0.60*** | 0.58–0.62 | 1394*** | 1221 to 1567 |
Hispanic Americans | 0.81*** | 0.75–0.86 | 0.61*** | 0.60–0.63 | 20 | −71 to 113 |
- Note:: a,b,c All models were adjusted for demographic and socioeconomic variables (insurance type, gender, age at admission, median household income for patient’s ZIP Code, location), clinical variables (renal replacement therapies, iron deficiency, proteinuria, age adjusted comorbidity score ACCI, hospital characteristics, diabetes with or without complications. a,b,c Spline models with one knot placed at 2011 and a Logistic regression model; b Logistic regression model, restricted to admissions who were alive at discharge, c Generalized linear models, additionally adjusted for inpatient mortality. OR: odds ratio, 95%CI: 95% confidence interval. Marginal effect estimates are presented in form of incremental/decremented hospital cost of different ethnicities vs White Americans. Ref: reference group. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
