Outpatient telephonic transitional care after hospital discharge improves survival in cirrhotic patients

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with mortality

	Multivariate analysis
Factor	HR (95%CI)	P value
Intervention vs controls	0.4 (0.2-0.82)	0.012
Age	1.01 (0.99-1.04)	0.503
Female gender	1.2 (0.6-2.4)	0.605
Etiology of cirrhosis
EtOH vs HCV	0.72 (0.29-1.8)	0.48
NAFLD vs HCV	0.41 (0.24-2.1)	0.088
MELD score (for every 1 unit increment)	1.05 (1.01-1.1)	0.024
Index hospitalization length of stay (for every 1 d increment)	0.99 (0.95-1.02)	0.47
Discharge to home with home care vs home	1.65 (0.75-3.64)	0.212
Discharge to SNF vs home	1.4 (0.56-3.48)	0.47

HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval; EtOH: Alcohol; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease; SNF: Skilled nursing facility.