Table 2.

Healthcare use during transfer period compared to pretransfer.

CharacteristicsIRR95% CIp
All ambulatory care visits
Any transfer0.760.66–0.87< 0.01
Successful unilateral transfer0.860.69–1.090.22
Successful overlapping transfer0.700.57–0.86< 0.01
Lost to followup0.700.53–0.930.02
Pediatric only1.210.97–1.520.10
Acute care visits
Any transfer0.220.13–0.37< 0.01
Successful unilateral transfer0.300.14–0.67< 0.01
Successful overlapping transfer0.180.08–0.39< 0.01
Lost to followup0.140.04–0.43< 0.01
Pediatric only0.250.17–0.37< 0.01
  • Incidence rate ratios (IRR) for each transfer group estimated from nega- tive binomial regression models of healthcare visits during the observation period compared to baseline period, clustered by subject.