Table 3 Logistic regression models for inappropriate and avoidable visits
Variable | Potentially inappropriate ED visits (n=1’174 included in modelling) | Avoidable ED visits (n=1’188 included in modelling) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds Ratio | (95% CI) | p-value | Odds Ratio | (95% CI) | p-value | |
Age | 0.98 | (0.96-0.99) | 0.005 | |||
Triage score: life-threatening/urgent | 0.55 | (0.33-0.92) | 0.024 | |||
Type of admission (reference: ambulance) | ||||||
General practitioner | 2.13 | (1.16-3.90) | 0.015 | 1.40 | (1.00-1.94) | 0.048 |
Walk-in | 3.42 | (1.79-6.55) | <0.001 | 0.46 | (0.27-0.77) | 0.004 |
Other | 2.06 | (0.58-7.27) | 0.262 | 0.73 | (0.31-1.73) | 0.471 |
No Hospitalization | 2.51 | (1.81-3.47) | <0.001 | |||
Charlson Comorbidity Index | 1.10 | (1.05-1.16) | <0.001 | |||
No connective tissue disease | 11.68 | (2.46-55.48) | 0.002 | |||
No malignancy | 0.48 | (0.23-0.99) | 0.048 | |||
Constant | 0.07 | <0.001 | 1.55 | 0.538 | ||
Chi-Square | Df | Chi-Square | Df | |||
Hosmer and Lemeshow Test | 12.06 | 6 | 0.061 | 7.40 | 8 | 0.496 |