Variable | Advising 999 call rather than any other care | Advising care face to face rather than self-care | ||||
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | |
OR (95% CI)*** | OR (95% CI)*** | OR (95% CI)*** | OR (95% CI)*** | OR (95% CI)*** | OR (95% CI)*** | |
Distance to ED (per mile) | 0.989 (0.970 to 1.009)* | 0.991 (0.972 to 1.010)* | 0.991 (0.971 to 1.01)* | 0.986 (0.984 to 0.988) | 0.988 (0.986 to 0.990) | 0.988 (0.986 to 0.990) |
Population density (people per hectare) | 1.003 (0.993 to 1.014)* | 1.003 (0.992 to 1.014)* | 1.003 (0.992 to 1.014)* | 1.003 (1.002 to 1.005) | 1.003 (1.002 to 1.004) | 1.003 (1.002 to 1.004) |
Patient age (per year) | 1.013 (1.005 to 1.021)** | 1.013 (1.005 to 1.021)** | 1.013 (1.005 to 1.021)** | 1.001 (1.000 to 1.002)** | 1.001 (1.000 to 1.002)** | 1.001 (0.973 to 1.049)** |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Female | 1.036 (0.726 to 1.479)* | 1.03 (0.721 to 1.470)* | 1.029 (0.721 to 1.470)* | 1.018 (0.980 to 1.057)* | 1.011 (0.973 to 1.050)* | 1.010 (0.973 to 1.049)* |
Relationship | ||||||
Surrogate caller | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Self-caller | 0.431 (0.296 to 0.627) | 0.458 (0.314 to 0.669) | 0.460 (0.315 to 0.672) | 0.673 (0.644 to 0.704) | 0.713 (0.682 to 0.746) | 0.716 (0.685 to 0.749) |
Non-white race | ||||||
White or unknown | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Non-white | 0.888 (0.122 to 6.449)* | 0.904 (0.124 to 6.566)* | 0.906 (0.125 to 6.585)* | 0.794 (0.655 to 0.963)** | 0.811 (0.669 to 0.983)** | 0.815 (0.672 to 0.988)** |
Known race | ||||||
Unknown | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Known (white or other) | 0.762 (0.542 to 1.070)* | 0.766 (0.546 to 1.076)* | 0.766 (0.545 to 1.076)* | 0.950 (0.917 to 0.983)** | 0.955 (0.922 to 0.989)** | 0.954 (0.921 to 0.988)** |
Symptom | ||||||
All other symptoms | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered |
Digestive symptom | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered | Not entered |
Day of call | ||||||
Sunday | Not entered | 1.00 | 1.00 | Not entered | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Monday | Not entered | 0.734 (0.388 to 1.389)* | 0.735 (0.388 to 1.390)* | Not entered | 0.598 (0.560 to 0.639) | 0.599 (0.561 to 0.639) |
Tuesday | Not entered | 0.622 (0.316 to 1.224)* | 0.623 (0.317 to 1.225)* | Not entered | 0.590 (0.551 to 0.630) | 0.590 (0.552 to 0.631) |
Wednesday | Not entered | 0.912 (0.487 to 1.705)* | 0.912 (0.488 to 1.706)* | Not entered | 0.625 (0.585 to 0.668) | 0.625 (0.585 to 0.669) |
Thursday | Not entered | 0.591 (0.294 to 1.187)* | 0.591 (0.294 to 1.188)* | Not entered | 0.669 (0.626 to 0.715) | 0.670 (0.627 to 0.716) |
Friday | Not entered | 0.889 (0.470 to 1.680)* | 0.889 (0.470 to 1.681)* | Not entered | 0.626 (0.585 to 0.670) | 0.627 (0.585 to 0.670) |
Saturday | Not entered | 1.349 (0.724 to 2.513)* | 1.349 (0.724 to 2.513)* | Not entered | 1.007 (0.941 to 1.078)* | 1.007 (0.941 to 1.078)* |
Deprivation fifth (ordinal) | Not entered | Not entered | 1.024 (0.912 to 1.149)* | Not entered | Not entered | 1.034 (1.022 to 1.047) |
*p>0.05 (therefore non-significant); **p<0.05; ***p<0.001 unless otherwise indicated.
ORs are the odds of receiving advice to call 999 or seek care face-to-face relative to their respective baselines in the logistic regression models comprising the above variables.