Table 3.

Interaction Coefficients and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Effect of Primary Care Appointment Cancellations on Hospital Utilization Metrics Between 2019 and 2020

UnadjustedAdjusted*
Inpatient Admissions0.61 (0.37, 0.99)0.43 (0.24, 0.77)
Inpatient Readmissions0.58 (0.21, 1.63)0.58 (0.19, 1.74)
Length of Stay0.82 (0.53, 1.28)0.75 (0.44, 1.28)
  • * Models adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, marital status, insurance status, the presence of psychiatric, substance abuse, or chronic pain diagnoses, and the number of prescribed medications.

  • †Results from Poisson regression model.