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

Table 3 Multivariate fine and gray competing risk analysis of factors associated with readmission

	Multivariate analysis
Factor	HR (95%CI)	P value
Intervention vs controls	0.99 (0.66-1.48)	0.95
Age	0.99 (0.97-1.01)	0.39
Female gender	1.36 (0.87-2.1)	0.18
Etiology of cirrhosis
EtOH vs HCV	0.99 (0.13-7.77)	0.99
NAFLD vs HCV	1.03 (0.51-2.54)	0.93
MELD score (for every 1 unit increment)	1.03 (0.99-1.05)	0.09
Index hospitalization length of stay (for every 1 d increment)	0.99 (0.97-1.02)	0.59
Discharge to home with home care vs home	1.12 (0.69-2.01)	0.55
Discharge to SNF vs home	0.96 (0.51-1.83)	0.91

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.