Table 3. Multivariable logistic regression analysis predicting transfer to a facility in patients
treated with radical cystectomy for bladder cancer between years 1998 and 2007 within
the NIS database.
Transfer to a facility
Variables
OR (95% CI)
Age
1.08 (1.08-1.09)
Gender
Male
1.00 (Ref.)
Female
1.85 (1.62-2.11)
Annual hospital
caseload
<25
1.00 (Ref.)
≥25
0.51 (0.37-0.69)
Insurance status
Private insurance
1.00 (Ref.)
Medicaid
2.16 (1.47-3.18)
Medicare
1.56 (1.31-1.87)
Other
0.94 (0.59-1.50)
Year of surgery
1998–2001
1.00 (Ref.)
2002–2004
0.94 (0.82-1.08)
2005–2007
1.07 (0.94-1.23)
Race
White
1.00 (Ref.)
Black
1.16 (0.84-1.61)
Other
0.65 (0.48-0.88)
Unknown
0.99 (0.86-1.14)
CCI
0
1.00 (Ref.)
1
1.34 (1.18-1.53)
2
1.47 (1.16-1.87)
≥3
1.96 (1.54-2.49)
Urinary diversion
Ileal conduit
1.00 (Ref.)
Continent
0.75 (0.53-1.05)
Unknown
1.05 (0.81-1.37)
Hospital region
Northeast
1.00 (Ref.)
Midwest
0.75 (0.63-0.88)
South
0.51 (0.44-0.60)
West
0.57 (0.48-0.67)
Hospital academic
status
Non-teaching
1.00 (Ref.)
Teaching
0.72 (0.64-0.81)
Perioperative
morbidity status
0 complication
1.00 (Ref.)
≥1 complication(s)
2.04 (1.82-2.29)
P
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
0.8
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.005
0.9
<0.001
0.002
<0.001
0.1
0.7
0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
* Model adjusted for age, race, gender, baseline Charlson comorbidity index, insurance
status, hospital region, hospital caseload, year of surgery, urinary diversion, hospital
academic status, and postoperative morbidity status.
CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio