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Table 3b Associations between sociodemographic and health-related data and setting allocations: results from multilevel, multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for random effects at the level of regions and months of observation within regions (n = 1201) (continued)

From: Association between patient characteristics and recommendations by medical on-call service 116117 in Germany: a cross sectional observational study

 

Emergency department

Emergency practice

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Age (per 20 years difference)

1.05 (0.87/1.26)

0.635

0.60 (0.48/0.74)

< 0.001

Sex:

    

- men or non-binary

reference

 

reference

 

- women

1.01 (0.74/1.38)

0.956

1.11 (0.77/1.59)

0.576

Living arrangement:

    

- living with others

reference

 

reference

 

- living alone

1.02 (0.73/1.42)

0.918

0.89 (0.59/1.34)

0.581

Education (pursuant to CASMIN):

    

- uncompleted, general elementary or basic vocational

reference

 

reference

 

- secondary school certificate or “A” level equivalent

- higher or lower tertiary

1.10 (0.76/1.61)

0.91 (0.57/1.45)

0.611

0.698

1.37 (0.83/2.26)

1.13 (0.64/1.99)

0.213

0.672

Country of birth:

    

- patient and both parents in Germany

reference

 

reference

 

- patient in Germany and at least one parent abroad

- patient abroad

0.75 (0.39/1.43)

0.65 (0.35/1.19)

0.381

0.163

0.82 (0.42/1.63)

0.58 (0.28/1.19)

0.579

0.138

Subjective treatment urgency

(numerical rating scale; per 3 points difference)

1.35 (1.06/1.73)

0.015

1.10 (0.84/1.45)

0.495

Self-rated health

(EQ-5D visual analogue scale; per 30 points difference)

1.37 (1.11/1.70)

0.003

1.15 (0.89/1.47)

0.278

Depressiveness

(pursuant to PHQ-2; per 3 points difference)

1.11 (0.84/1.46)

0.476

0.96 (0.68/1.36)

0.823

Health problem: organ system (pursuant to ICPC-2):

    

- general and unspecified disorders

- musculoskeletal system

- digestive system

- cardiovascular system

- respiratory system

- neurological system

- urological system

0.65 (0.42/0.98)

1.05 (0.67/1.64)

1.73 (1.11/2.72)

1.03 (0.58/1.83)

1.09 (0.66/1.79)

0.72 (0.42/1.25)

1.32 (0.68/2.58)

0.042

0.846

0.017

0.913

0.736

0.246

0.409

0.66 (0.40/1.08)

1.21 (0.73/2.03)

0.50 (0.27/0.93)

1.02 (0.50/2.08)

1.29 (0.75/2.23)

0.98 (0.53/1.82)

1.16 (0.52/2.59)

0.096

0.460

0.029

0.964

0.361

0.950

0.709

Health problem: diagnosis type (pursuant to ICPC-2):

    

- symptoms and complaints

- infections

- injuries

- other diagnoses

1.84 (1.10/3.07)

1.12 (0.51/2.50)

3.12 (1.67/5.83)

1.59 (0.90/2.82)

0.020

0.775

 < 0.001

0.114

1.69 (0.94/3.01)

1.88 (0.82/4.29)

1.58 (0.75/3.34)

0.89 (0.45/1.77)

0.077

0.135

0.230

0.738

Past health service use: number of contacts

    

- with general practices

- with specialist practices

- with emergency care

- with hospitals

1.03 (0.72/1.46)

0.88 (0.64/1.22)

1.40 (0.93/2.13)

1.33 (0.86/2.06)

0.874

0.449

0.111

0.203

0.85 (0.57/1.25)

1.21 (0.83/1.77)

0.78 (0.45/1.38)

1.74 (1.00/3.03)

0.406

0.324

0.396

0.052

Health literacy (pursuant to HLS-Q16-EU):

    

- inadequate (0–8 points)

reference

 

reference

 

- problematic (9–12 points)

1.18 (0.83/1.67)

0.358

0.91 (0.62/1.34)

0.643

- sufficient (13–16 points)

1.26 (0.82/1.94)

0.289

0.63 (0.36/1.09)

0.098

  1. OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; HLS- EU- Q16, European Health Literacy Questionnaire with 16 Items; ICPC-2, International Classification of PrimaryCare, Second Revision; PHQ-2, Patient Health Questionnaire 2