Table 3. Relative risks for hospital admissions from January 2013 to July 2018 according to the proportion of consultations performed by Family physicians or Generalists in a Family Health Team in primary care.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2013–2018.

	Family physicians	No consultation prior
Hypertension	0.83 (0.61; 1.15)	2.63 (2.04; 3.40)
Diabetes mellitus	0.76 (0.56; 1.04)	2.75 (2.11; 3.60)
Stroke	0.74 (0.58; 0.95)	5.47 (4.50; 6.65)
Angina pectoris	0.62 (0.51; 0.75)	2.58 (2.19; 3.03)
Heart failure	0.52 (0.40; 0.67)	2.78 (2.19; 3.53)
Epilepsy	0.79 (0.57; 1.11)	1.40 (1.07; 1.83)
Asthma	0.35 (0.21; 0.57)	1.46 (1.04; 2.05)
Pregnancy related	0.78 (0.60; 1.01)	2.89 (2.30; 3.63)
Gastroenteritis	0.45 (0.25; 0.79)	3.17 (2.19; 4.59)
Pneumonias—children	0.57 (0.42; 0.77)	2.19 (1.74; 2.76)
Pneumonias—adults	0.36 (0.24; 0.56)	2.90 (2.13; 3.95)
Skin infection	0.82 (0.69; 0.97)	2.61 (2.23; 3.00)
Ear, nose & throat	1.06 (0.64; 1.77)	1.78 (1.13; 2.83)
Pelvic inflammatory disease	0.59 (0.38; 0.93)	3.35 (2.34; 4.81)

Multilevel multivariate binomial regression models adjusted for age, sex, time, and the Social development index of the area covered by the FHT.