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Table 1 Multivariable logistic regression analyses of short ED and primary health care visits and recontacts

From: Exploring care pathways of patients conveyed by emergency medical services (EMS) through electronic health records

Short ED visits

 

Missing

Univariate

  

Multivariate

  
 

OR (95%)

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

Urban vs. rural

786

1.223

1.148–1.302

< 0.001

1.206

1.131–1.286

< 0.001

EMS arrival time

       

 20:00–8:00 vs. 8:00–20:00

28

1.814

1.706–1.929

< 0.001

1.692

1.588–1.803

< 0.001

Alcohol

28

2.871

2.562–3.217

< 0.001

2.546

2.264–2.863

< 0.001

Visit time: 49% = <24 h

0

      

Short primary health care visits

Urban vs. rural

332

2.308

1.916–2.781

< 0.001

2.274

1.887–2.741

< 0.001

EMS arrival time

       

 20:00–8:00 vs. 8:00–20:00

9224*

1.630

1.307–2.033

< 0.001

1.535

1.220–1.931

< 0.001

Visit time: 77% = <1 h

9224*

      

Recontacts in one week

EMS arrival time

       

 20:00–8:00 vs. 8:00–20:00

2

1.367

1.246-1.500

< 0.001

1.361

1.239–1.495

< 0.001

Alcohol

1

1.255

1.085–1.453

0.002

1.145

0.987–1.328

0.074

Mission priority

       

 CD va AB

0

1.247

1.132–1.373

< 0.001

1.256

1.140–1.385

< 0.001

  1. *Due to unclear discharge times these patients were excluded from the analyses