The trade-off between hospitals of discharge and primary care providers
| Levels of healthcare system | Median OR* (p Value) | |
|---|---|---|
| Logistic multilevel model including the ‘local health district’ level | Cross-classified model including both the ‘local health district’ and the ‘hospital of discharge’ levels | |
| Local health district | 1.24 p<0.001 | 1.13 p=0.020 |
| Hospital of discharge | − | 1.37 p<0.001 |
| AIC | 11 500.38 | 11 431.07 |
*The analyses were performed controlling for patients’ characteristics.
AIC, Akaike Information Criterion.