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Table 3 Association between type of practice and ED visit, unadjusted and adjusted by main confounders, Lazio 2006.

From: Primary paediatric care models and non-urgent Emergency Department utilization: an area-based cohort study

 

ED visit

    
 

yes

no

OR

95% CI

OR adj*

95% CI

Type of Practice

      

Network Paediatric Practice

9,780

41,434

1.12

1.09 - 1.15

0.92

0.85 - 1.00

Group Paediatric Practice

5,066

23,069

1.04

1.01 - 1.08

0.84

0.73 - 0.96

Individual Paediatric Practice

28,501

134,998

1.00

 

1.00

 

Gender

      

Male

23,863

99,615

1.22

1.20 - 1.25

1.24

1.21 - 1.27

Female

19,475

99,830

1.00

 

1.00

 

Age group (yrs)

      

0

6,889

29,378

1.49

1.44 - 1.53

1.42

1.37 - 1.46

1-2

17,413

49,443

2.23

2.18 - 2.28

2.18

2.13 - 2.23

>3

19,045

120,680

1.00

 

1.00

 

Exempt from payment patient

      

Yes

13,358

49,452

1.35

1.32 - 1.38

1.54

1.50 - 1.58

No

29,989

150,049

1.00

 

1.00

 

Local Health Unit of residence

      

Rome

30,022

98,857

2.30

2.25 - 2.35

2.57

2.41 - 2.73

Other areas in Lazio

13,267

100,548

1.00

 

1.00

 

CBP in the Local Health unit of child's residence

      

Yes

153

718

0.98

0.82 - 1.17

1.37

1.14 - 1.65

No

43,136

198,687

1.00

   

N. children patients of the CBP

      

<880

16,761

71,479

1.13

1.11 - 1.15

0.80

0.72 - 0.89

>881

26,586

128,022

1.00

 

1.00

 
  1. *Adjusted ORs were estimated with multivariate multilevel logistic regression models using all the variables presented in the table. Child variables constitutes the micro level, while CBP information are the macro level