Advice calls: likelihood of advising 999 call rather than any other care and advising care face to face rather than self-care
| 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 emergency department (per mile) | 1.006 (1.004 to 1.009) | 1.006 (1.004 to 1.009) | 1.006 (1.003 to 1.008) | 0.990 (0.988 to 0.991) | 0.990 (0.988 to 0.991) | 0.990 (0.988 to 0.991) |
| Population density (people per hectare) | 1.002 (1.001 to 1.004) | 1.002 (1.001 to 1.004) | 1.002 (1.001 to 1.003)** | 1.001 (1.001 to 1.002)** | 1.001 (1.001 to 1.002)** | 1.001 (1.001 to 1.002)** |
| Patient age (per year) | 1.026 (1.026 to 1.027) | 1.027 (1.026 to 1.027) | 1.027 (1.026 to 1.027) | 1.010 (1.010 to 1.011) | 1.010 (1.009 to 1.011) | 1.010 (1.009 to 1.011) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 0.873 (0.839 to 0.908) | 0.874 (0.840 to 0.909) | 0.871 (0.837 to 0.906) | 1.128 (1.100 to 1.156) | 1.126 (1.099 to 1.154) | 1.125 (1.098 to 1.153) |
| Relationship | ||||||
| Surrogate caller | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Self-caller | 0.418 (0.401 to 0.436) | 0.414 (0.397 to 0.432) | 0.420 (0.403 to 0.438) | 0.845 (0.821 to 0.869) | 0.860 (0.836 to 0.885) | 0.864 (0.840 to 0.890) |
| Non-white race | ||||||
| White or unknown | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Non-white | 1.123 (0.923 to 1.366)* | 1.122 (0.922 to 1.364)* | 1.13 (0.929 to 1.375)* | 0.806 (0.718 to 0.905) | 0.813 (0.725 to 0.913) | 0.818 (0.729 to 0.918) |
| Known race | ||||||
| Unknown | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Known (white or other) | 1.212 (1.166 to 1.260) | 1.213 (1.166 to 1.260) | 1.211 (1.165 to 1.259) | 1.169 (1.141 to 1.198) | 1.170 (1.142 to 1.199) | 1.169 (1.140 to 1.197) |
| Symptom | ||||||
| All other symptoms | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Digestive symptom | 0.307 (0.289 to 0.326) | 0.305 (0.287 to 0.325) | 0.305 (0.287 to 0.324) | 0.627 (0.612 to 0.643) | 0.632 (0.616 to 0.648) | 0.631 (0.616 to 0.648) |
| Day of call | ||||||
| Sunday | Not entered | 1.00 | 1.00 | Not entered | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Monday | Not entered | 1.075 (1.004 to 1.150)** | 1.076 (1.005 to 1.151)** | Not entered | 0.778 (0.745 to 0.812) | 0.779 (0.746 to 0.813) |
| Tuesday | Not entered | 1.058 (0.986 to 1.135)* | 1.058 (0.986 to 1.135)* | Not entered | 0.779 (0.745 to 0.814) | 0.778 (0.745 to 0.813) |
| Wednesday | Not entered | 1.062 (0.991 to 1.138)* | 1.063 (0.991 to 1.139)* | Not entered | 0.774 (0.740 to 0.809) | 0.774 (0.740 to 0.809) |
| Thursday | Not entered | 1.136 (1.061 to 1.215) | 1.126 (1.053 to 1.205)** | Not entered | 0.832 (0.796 to 0.870) | 0.830 (0.794 to 0.867) |
| Friday | Not entered | 1.054 (0.983 to 1.131)* | 1.056 (0.984 to 1.133)* | Not entered | 0.740 (0.708 to 0.773) | 0.740 (0.708 to 0.773) |
| Saturday | Not entered | 0.903 (0.848 to 0.962)** | 0.902 (0.847 to 0.961)** | Not entered | 0.844 (0.810 to 0.880) | 0.844 (0.810 to 0.879) |
| Deprivation fifth (ordinal) | Not entered | Not entered | 1.127 (1.113 to 1.143) | Not entered | Not entered | 1.049 (1.041 to 1.058) |
*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.