Stratified changes attributable to health events in the third year after versus the year before hospital admission*†
| Variable | Employed percentage points, estimate (95% CI) | Total yearly earnings, estimate (95% CI); $2012 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute MI | Stroke | Acute MI | Stroke | |
| Age group, yr | ‡ | |||
| 40–49 | −4.1 (−5.0 to −3.3) | −17.3 (−19.8 to −14.7) | −3512 (−4402 to −2622) | −13 249 (−15 084 to −11 415) |
| 50–55 | −4.9 (−5.8 to −4.1) | −21.1 (−23.6 to −18.7) | −3505 (−4299 to −2711) | −13 293 (−15 119 to −11 467) |
| 56–61 | −6.0 (−7.0 to −5.0) | −21.5 (−23.9 to −19.1) | −4426 (−5303 to −3546) | −12 878 (−14 526 to −11 230) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | −4.8 (−5.4 to −4.2) | −19.8 (−21.6 to −18.0) | −3727 (−5305 to −3546) | −13 500 (−14 695 to −12 306) |
| Female | −5.4 (−6.7 to −4.0) | −19.2 (−21.7 to −16.8) | −3520 (−5416 to −1624) | −12 257 (−14 351 to −10 163) |
| Y−1 earnings, terciles | ||||
| Low | −8.5 (−9.6 to −7.5) | −28.1 (−30.5 to −25.6) | −2710 (−3222 to −2198) | −7752 (−8575 to −6929) |
| Middle | −4.4 (−5.1 to −3.6) | −17.7 (−19.8 to −15.5) | −4099 (−4734 to −3464) | −13 871 (−15 204 to −12 538) |
| High | −1.7 (−2.6 to −0.8) | −9.6 (−12.3 to −6.9)‡ | −6070 (−7936 to −4204) | −23 780 (−27 963 to −19 598) |
| Y−1 marital status | ||||
| Single | −5.9 (−7.3 to −4.6) | −23.7 (−26.8 to −20.6) | −3742 (−5138 to −2347) | −14 367 (−16 870 to −11 864) |
| Married or common law | −4.8 (−5.4 to −4.3) | −19.1 (−20.7 to −17.4) | −3957 (−4489 to −3425) | −12 720 (−13 833 to −11 607) |
| Any Y−1 self-employment | ||||
| No | −5.4 (−5.9 to −4.8) | −22.1 (−23.9 to −20.4) | −3990 (−4513 to −3468) | −13 434 (−14 605 to −12 263) |
| Yes | –3.3 (−4.5 to −2.0) | −14.0 (−17.4 to −10.6) | −3300 (−5109 to −1490) | −11 753 (−15 237 to −8270) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | ||||
| 0 | −4.6 (−5.2 to −4.1) | −16.3 (−17.9 to −14.7) | −3525 (−5109 to −1490) | −11 547 (−12 682 to −10 412) |
| ≥1 | −11.1 (−13.4 to −8.9) | −30.4 (−33.5 to −27.3) | −8288 (−10 373 to −6204) | −18 823 (−21 006 to −16 641) |
| Index hospital LOS, terciles | ||||
| Lowest | −3.1 (−3.9 to −2.3) | −9.9 (−12.2 to −7.6) | −2623 (−3374 to −1872) | −7362 (−9108 to −5615) |
| Intermediate | −5.3 (−6.2 to −4.3) | −17.7 (−20.3 to −15.2) | −4204 (−5128 to −3280) | −11 513 (−13 364 to −9662) |
| Highest | −7.1 (−8.1 to −6.2) | −34.7 (−37.6 to −31.7) | −5291 (−6301 to −4281) | −22 374 (−24 533 to −20 216) |
| Special care unit | ||||
| No | −4.6 (−5.7 to −3.5) | −16.4 (−18.0 to −14.8) | −3703 (−4748 to −2657) | −11 636 (−12 824 to −10 447) |
| Yes | −5.0 (−5.6 to −4.5) | −28.6 (−32.0 to −25.2) | −3915 (−4476 to −3354) | −18 356 (−20 779 to −15 933) |
| Mechanical ventilation | ||||
| No | −4.5 (−5.0 to −4.0) | −17.8 (−19.5 to −16.1) | −3629 (−4159 to −3099) | −12 470 (−13 761 to −11 179) |
| Yes | −9.6 (−11.5 to −7.7) | −45.1 (−52.2 to −37.9) | −7572 (−9457 to −5687) | −26 198 (−31 409 to −20 987) |
| Cardiac catheterization | ||||
| No | −5.0 (−6.1 to −3.8) | NA | −4034 (−5177 to −2892) | NA |
| Yes | −5.0 (−5.6 to −4.5) | −3743 (−4294 to −3192) | ||
| Revascularization | ||||
| No | −5.1 (−6.0 to −4.2) | NA | −3434 (−4313 to −2554) | NA |
| Yes | −5.0 (−5.7 to −4.4) | −3926 (−4537 to −3315) | ||
| Stroke type | ‡ | |||
| Ischemic | NA | −20.0 (−21.9 to −18.0) | NA | −13 823 (−15 285 to −12 362) |
| Hemorrhagic | −25.0 (−29.1 to −20.8) | −15 910 (−18 887 to −12 933) | ||
Note: CI = confidence interval, LOS = length of stay, MI = myocardial infarction, NA = not applicable, Y0 = calendar year of index health event, Y−1 = previous year before health event.
↵* Each row is a separate analysis.
↵† These analyses were not performed for cardiac arrest because the much smaller number of cases led to unacceptable case loss during the reweighting procedure, threatening the generalizability of those results (Supplemental Table 2, Appendix 1).
↵‡ By seemingly unrelated estimation among the categories.