Emergency inpatient admission | A&E visit | |||||||
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Incidence rate ratio | 95% CI | P-value | Incidence rate ratio | 95% CI | P-value | |||
Usual provider of care index | ||||||||
<1/2 | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||||||
≥1/2, <2/3 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.05 | 0.40 | 0.95 | 0.91 | 0.98 | <0.01 |
≥2/3 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 0.18 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.94 | <0.01 |
Undefined (<2 consultations in year) | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 0.35 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.83 | <0.01 |
No. of consultations in year | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.04 | <0.01 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | <0.01 |
Year | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.96 | <0.01 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.04 | <0.01 |
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||||||
Female | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 0.20 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 0.01 |
Ethnic group | ||||||||
Black African | 1.12 | 0.96 | 1.31 | 0.15 | 1.06 | 0.92 | 1.22 | 0.45 |
Black Caribbean | 1.30 | 1.04 | 1.63 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 1.19 | 1.89 | <0.01 |
Black other | 1.38 | 1.07 | 1.77 | 0.01 | 1.49 | 1.19 | 1.88 | <0.01 |
Bangladeshi | 1.16 | 0.84 | 1.60 | 0.38 | 0.91 | 0.68 | 1.23 | 0.56 |
Chinese | 0.83 | 0.56 | 1.23 | 0.37 | 1.05 | 0.72 | 1.54 | 0.80 |
Indian | 0.86 | 0.73 | 1.01 | 0.07 | 0.93 | 0.79 | 1.08 | 0.34 |
Pakistani | 1.07 | 0.94 | 1.22 | 0.31 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 1.12 | 0.88 |
Other Asian | 1.35 | 1.13 | 1.61 | <0.01 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 1.46 | 0.01 |
White | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||||||
Mixed | 1.24 | 1.08 | 1.42 | <0.01 | 1.16 | 1.02 | 1.32 | 0.02 |
Other | 1.09 | 0.93 | 1.27 | 0.30 | 1.19 | 1.03 | 1.38 | 0.02 |
Age group, years | ||||||||
<1 | 3.52 | 3.33 | 3.72 | <0.01 | 1.94 | 1.78 | 2.10 | <0.01 |
1–5 | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||||||
6–10 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.49 | <0.01 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.69 | <0.01 |
11–15 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.47 | <0.01 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.74 | <0.01 |
16–20 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.46 | <0.01 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.77 | <0.01 |
21–25 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.46 | <0.01 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.85 | <0.01 |
Main diagnostic group | ||||||||
Circulatory | 1.79 | 1.56 | 2.06 | <0.01 | 1.22 | 1.06 | 1.39 | 0.01 |
Congenital | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||||||
Gastrointestinal | 2.82 | 2.38 | 3.35 | <0.01 | 1.32 | 1.12 | 1.55 | <0.01 |
Genitourinary | 3.07 | 2.79 | 3.38 | <0.01 | 1.65 | 1.50 | 1.82 | <0.01 |
Haematology | 1.85 | 1.68 | 2.04 | <0.01 | 1.19 | 1.08 | 1.31 | <0.01 |
Metabolic | 1.99 | 1.79 | 2.21 | <0.01 | 1.34 | 1.20 | 1.49 | <0.01 |
Neurology | 1.71 | 1.60 | 1.82 | <0.01 | 1.33 | 1.25 | 1.41 | <0.01 |
Oncology | 1.95 | 1.83 | 2.08 | <0.01 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 1.08 | 0.58 |
Perinatal | 0.88 | 0.75 | 1.04 | 0.14 | 0.96 | 0.83 | 1.12 | 0.64 |
Respiratory | 2.29 | 2.12 | 2.46 | <0.01 | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.38 | <0.01 |
Other | 1.53 | 1.23 | 1.90 | <0.01 | 1.22 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 0.05 |
Deprivation category | ||||||||
1 (least deprived) | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.77 | <0.01 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.67 | <0.01 |
2 | 0.75 | 0.70 | 0.80 | <0.01 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.71 | <0.01 |
3 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.88 | <0.01 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.83 | <0.01 |
4 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 1.01 | 0.10 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.91 | <0.01 |
5 (most deprived) | 1 (ref) | 1 (ref) | ||||||
Model parameters | ||||||||
Degrees of freedom | 38 | 38 | ||||||
Log likelihood | −91 308.9 | −63 513.0 | ||||||
BIC | 183 056.2 | 127 447.1 |
↵a ’No. of consultations in year’ and ‘Year’ are continuous variables — incident rate ratios indicate the expected proportional change in outcome rate for one additional consultation and 1 year later in time. A&E = accident and emer gency. BIC = Bayesian information criterion.