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Table 4 Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the association between general practice consultation modes and opioid prescribing status in 2020, March to December

From: Opioid prescribing among aged care residents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis using general practice health records in Australia

Consultation modes

Prescribed

any opioidsa

Odds ratio

(95% CI)c

Odds ratio

(95% CI)d

Consultation modes

Opioid

doses

over 50

mg/day

OMEb

Odds ratio

(95% CI)c

Odds ratio

(95% CI)d

 

%

   

%

  

Telehealth consultations only

23.6

Ref

Ref

Telehealth consultationsonly

18.6

Ref

Ref

Face-to-face consultations only

28.1

1.14 (1.06, 1.23)

1.11 (1.03, 1.20)

Face-to-face consultations only

13.3

1.06 (0.88, 1.28)

1.06 (0.88, 1.30)

Face-to-face and telehealth consultations

28.2

1.16 (1.08, 1.26)

1.17 (1.01, 1.17)

Face-to-face and telehealth consultations

16.4

1.03 (0.85, 1.24)

1.02 (0.85, 1.22)

  1. aAnalysis was based on 31,645 records for residents with any medication records
  2. bAnalysis was based on 8279 records for residents with any opioid medication records
  3. cModel 1, a univariate model without adjusting for any covariates
  4. dModel 2, a multivariate model after adjusting for Month (March to December), age group (65–69 y, 70–74 y, 75–79 y, 80–84 y, and 85 y +), sex (female, male), SES (low, middle, high), regionality (metropolitan and regional areas), state (New South Wales, NSW; Victoria), and RMMR (an MBS item billed for medication review in residential aged care facilities