Multivariate ORs (95% CIs) for admission rates
| ORs for admissions | Child maltreatment allegation* | Substantiated allegation* |
| Overall admission rate | 1.49 (1.44–1.53) | 1.74 (1.65–1.83) |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) | 2.62 (2.39–2.88) | 3.18 (2.76–3.65) |
| Mental and behavioural disorders (F00–F99) | 10.20 (5.14–20.25) | 26.54 (8.28–85.07) |
| Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98) | 9.63 (7.85–11.83) | 21.47 (15.74–29.29) |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y98) | 7.84 (6.48–9.47) | 17.62 (13.21–23.51) |
| ORs for other variables adjusting for overall admissions | ||
| Sex | ||
| Women | 1.18 (1.13–1.24) | 1.25 (1.17–1.34) |
| Men | Reference | Reference |
| Aboriginality | ||
| Aboriginal | 2.26 (2.09–2.44) | 2.80 (2.51–3.12) |
| Non-Aboriginal | Reference | Reference |
| Socioeconomic disadvantage group | ||
| 1—Lowest disadvantage | Reference | Reference |
| 2 | 1.49 (1.28–1.74) | 1.64 (1.27–2.11) |
| 3 | 1.89 (1.64–2.18) | 2.16 (1.71–2.73) |
| 4 | 2.81 (2.44–3.23) | 3.16 (2.51–3.98) |
| 5 | 3.69 (3.20–4.25) | 4.68 (3.72–5.91) |
| 6—Highest disadvantage | 5.87 (5.09–6.77) | 7.50 (5.94–9.48) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married/Defacto | Reference | Reference |
| Single | 2.67 (2.52–6.77) | 2.85 (2.62–3.11) |
| Maternal age | ||
| <20 years | 3.08 (2.82–3.36) | 2.68 (2.35–3.06) |
| 20–29 years | 1.66 (1.57–1.75) | 1.59 (1.47–1.73) |
| 30–39 years | Reference | Reference |
| >39 years | 1.21 (1.02–1.45) | 1.13 (0.85–1.51) |
↵* Adjusted for sex, Aboriginality, socioeconomic disadvantage, marital status and maternal age.