TABLE 1.

Demographic and call characteristics and odds of these characteristics resulting in unsuccessful mobile crisis team field visits to adults in distress

	Total (N = 1,320)a		Unsuccessful field visit (N=305)
Variable	N	%	Nb	%c	OR	95% CI	p	AORd	95% CI	p
Demographic characteristic Age in years
Age in years
18–24 (reference)	139	11	20	14	1.00	–	–	1.00	–	–
25–34	235	18	65	28	2.14	1.02–4.48	.044*	2.35	1.11–4.99	.026*
35–44	216	16	52	24	1.56	.72–3.35	.260	1.58	.72–3.47	.253
45–54	255	19	50	20	1.62	.78–3.36	.201	1.62	.75–3.49	.216
≥55	475	36	118	25	1.94	.99–3.83	.055	1.95	.96–3.93	.063
Gender (N = 1,284)
Female (reference)	530	41	131	25	1.00	–	–	1.00	–	–
Male	754	59	166	22	.98	.69–1.39	.890	1.01	.70–1.46	.958
Race-ethnicity (N=1,259)
White (reference)	558	44	127	23	1.00	–	–	1.00	–	–
African American	266	21	66	25	1.21	.76–1.91	.420	1.31	.82–2.10	.259
Asian American	178	14	38	21	.89	.53–1.50	.655	1.02	.57–1.81	.945
Hispanic or Latino	151	12	37	25	.82	.45–1.52	.534	.93	.49–1.80	.837
Othere	106	8	22	21	.83	.43–1.59	.572	.88	.46–1.70	.707
Primary language (N = 1,114)
English (reference)	1,028	92	241	23	1.00	–	–	1.00	–	–
Other	86	8	15	17	.76	.38–1.51	.436	.83	.39–1.78	.631
Living situation (N = 1,026)
Housed (reference)	665	65	158	24	1.00	–	–	1.00	–	–
Unstably housed	361	35	88	24	1.04	.72–1.51	.826	.99	.67–1.46	.947
Insurance (N = 885)
Private (reference)	117	13	31	27	1.00	–	–	1.00	–	–
Public	448	51	99	22	.69	.41–1.16	.157	.62	.36–1.06	.083
Other	320	36	81	25	.79	.46–1.34	.384	.72	.41–1.28	.267
Referral source (N = 1,255)
Institutions (reference)	519	41	134	26	1.00	–	–	1.00	–	–
Individuals	407	32	83	20	.67	.45–.99	.044*	.65	.43–.98	.038*
Other	329	26	80	24	.80	.49–1.29	.360	.80	.49–1.32	.379

^aThe total excluded calls received outside hours (10 p.m.–6 a.m. Monday–Saturday or on Sundays) with full staffing levels.

^bTotals for some subcategories may not add up to N=305 because of missing data.

^cRow percentages are shown.

^dAdjusted ORs (AORs) were adjusted for all demographic and referral source characteristics.

^eIncludes Middle Eastern or North African, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, biracial, and other races.

^*Statistically significant (p<0.05).