Table 3.

Adjusted incidence rate ratios for telephone consultations

Complexity	Adjusted IRR (95% CI)		P-value
Prescription group (ref category: 0)
1–4	4.6410	4.4487 to 4.8415	<0.001
5–9	8.5436	8.1874 to 8.9153	<0.001
≥10	17.6362	16.8924 to 18.4128	<0.001

Frailty category (reference category: fit)
Mild	1.2190	1.2019 to 1.2364	<0.001
Moderate	1.5105	1.4870 to 1.5344	<0.001
Severe	2.1117	2.0762 to 2.1479	<0.001

IMD quintile of deprivation (reference category: 3 – median quintile)
1 (most deprived)	1.0114	0.9983 to 1.0246	0.0183
2	0.9847	0.9722 to 0.9974	0.0906
4	0.9594	0.9458 to 0.9732	<0.001
5 (least deprived)	0.9390	0.9242 to 0.9541	<0.001

Week of 2020 (reference category: week 8)
9	1.0554	1.0247 to 1.0870	<0.001
10	1.0825	1.0514 to 1.1146	<0.001
11	1.2436	1.2094 to 1.2787	<0.001
12	2.1799	2.1258 to 2.2353	<0.001
13	2.2385	2.1829 to 2.2955	<0.001
14	2.0995	2.0467 to 2.1535	<0.001
15	1.9480	1.8986 to 1.9987	<0.001
16	1.9377	1.8883 to 1.9884	<0.001
17	2.2430	2.1876 to 2.2998	<0.001
18	2.3624	2.3044 to 2.4219	<0.001
19	2.0899	2.0384 to 2.1428	<0.001