Table 3 Odd ratios and differences for in-hospital outcomes in patients with and without severe vision impairment/blindness (SVI/B) ages 18 years and older from the National Inpatient Sample (2017)
From: Severe vision impairment and blindness in hospitalized patients: a retrospective nationwide study
Outcome | Patients without SVI/B N = 30,363,917 | Patients with SVI/B N = 37,200 | Univariate Odds Ratio | (95 % CI) | P-value | Multivariate Odds Ratio | (95 % CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 668,008 (2.2) | 1,450 (3.9) | 1.8 | (1.6-2.0) | < 0.01 | 1.2 | (1.0-1.4) | 0.01 |
Discharged to home, n (%) | 19,250,723 (63.4) | 14,656 (39.4) | 0.37 | (0.35–0.39) | < 0.01 | 0.54 | (0.51–0.58) | < 0.01 |
Univariate Mean Difference | Multivariate Mean Difference | |||||||
Mean length of stay, days | 4.72 | 6.05 | 1.33 | (1.18–1.48) | < 0.01 | 0.5 | (0.3–0.7) | < 0.01 |
Mean charge per case, US dollars | 53,388 | 59,900 | $6,512 | (4,211-8,811) | < 0.01 | $247 | (-2474–2929) | 0.85 |