Table 4.

Logistic regression model of characteristics associated with low-acuity PED visits

Characteristics	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age ≤ 5 years	1.4	(1.0 – 2.0)
Gender: female	0.8	(0.6 – 1.2)
Any parent < 26 years old	1.2	(0.4 – 3.3)
Child born in Switzerland	0.8	(0.4 – 1.6)
Mother born abroad	1.5	(0.9 – 2.3)
Father born abroad	1.0	(0.6 – 1.6)
Difficulties to pay household bills	2.6	(1.6 – 4.4)
Mother without education or mandatory education only	0.7	(0.4 – 1.5)
Father without education or mandatory education only	1.2	(0.6 – 2.5)
Mother unemployed	0.9	(0.6 – 1.4)
Father unemployed	0.7	(0.3– 1.6)
Asked for medical advice before coming to PED	0.7	(0.5 – 1.1)
Already visited a PED in the last 6 months	1.7	(1.1 – 2.5)
Travel time to PED < 15 min	1.5	(1.0 – 2.1)

PED Paediatric emergency department

Definition of low-acuity PED visits: Triage ATS 4 or 5, no laboratory nor imaging tests and no hospital admission