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Table 4 Predictors of the proportion of admissions that were emergency (linear regression, n = 221)

From: Exploration of population and practice characteristics explaining differences between practices in the proportion of hospital admissions that are emergencies

Variable

Beta

SE Beta

Sig

Adjusted R Sq

Constant

0.026

0.075

  

Deprivation index

0.004

0.000

<0.001

0.473

Proportion of patients who were male

0.720

0.116

<0.001

0.572

Outpatient appointments per 10,000 patients

0.002

0.000

<0.001

0.590

Proportion of white patients

−0.001

0.000

<0.001

0.616

Recorded hypertension prevalence

−0.461

0.129

<0.001

0.629

Practice list size/100

−0.002

0.001

0.001

0.644

Proportion aged 65 or over

0.063

0.458

0.648

 

Proportion of total clinical QOF points obtained

−0.053

−1.148

0.253

 

Proportion of patients able to consult their preferred GP

−0.039

−0.845

0.399

 
  1. Beta indicates the amount of change for one unit change of the independent variable, controlling for the other independent variables. Thus, an increase of 1% in the proportion of the practice population who are male is associated with a 0.7% increase in the proportion of admissions that are emergency, whilst a 1% increase in recorded prevalence of hypertension is associated with a 0.46% decrease in the proportion of admissions that are emergency.