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. 2024 Mar 17;14:6408. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57142-7

Table 2.

Interrupted time-series analysis of daily total, acute and chronic polyclinic visits.

Baseline DORSCON Orange Circuit Breaker Post Circuit Breaker
Intercept Trend Level change, against Baseline Trend Difference in trends (DORSCON Orange—Baseline) Level change, against DORSCON Orange Trend Difference in trends (Circuit Breaker—DORSCON Orange) Level change, against Circuit Breaker Trend Difference in trends (Post Circuit Breaker –Circuit Breaker)
Unadjusted
 Total

14,700***

[14,200, 15,200]

4

[− 3, 12]

− 1960***

[− 2880, − 1050]

− 64***

[− 92, − 35]

− 71***

[− 104, − 39]

− 2330***

[− 3460, − 1200]

46*

[9, 83]

113***

[62, 163]

864

[− 201, 1930]

36***

[20, 52]

− 8

[− 52, 35]

 Acute

5970***

[5650, 6280]

6**

[2, 11]

− 1320***

[− 1890, − 759]

− 38***

[− 57, − 19]

− 45***

[− 65, − 25]

− 1270***

[− 1960, − 569]

1

[− 23, 25]

39*

[8, 70]

599

[− 59, 1 260]

15**

[4, 26]

14

[− 12, 41]

 Chronic

8690***

[8410, 8970]

− 2

[− 6, 2]

− 627*

[− 1150, − 101]

− 30**

[− 50, − 10]

− 27**

[− 46, − 8]

− 1080**

[− 1740, − 415]

45***

[19, 71]

75***

[45, 106]

240

[− 382, 863]

22***

[10, 33]

− 23

[− 50, 2]

Adjusteda
 Total

13, 500***

[6940, 20,000]

4

[− 2, 12]

− 2 020***

[− 2890, − 1150]

− 71***

[− 104, − 38]

− 72***

[− 104, − 40]

− 2 510***

[− 3660, − 1360]

54*

[12, 95]

123***

[73, 172]

565

[− 464, 1 590]

41***

[21, 60]

− 14

[− 57, 28]

 Acute

9040***

[5950, 12,100]

7**

[2, 11]

− 1480***

[− 2050, − 907]

− 36***

[− 55, − 17]

− 43***

[− 63, − 23]

− 1040**

[− 1780, − 304]

14

[− 10, 38]

50**

[19, 81]

114

[− 562, 790]

15**

[4, 27]

1

[− 25, 28]

 Chronic

− 21,100***

[− 27,100, − 15,000]

− 4*

[− 8, 0]

− 1010***

[− 1460, − 557]

− 33***

[− 48, − 18]

− 28***

[− 44, − 13]

− 1460***

[− 2020, − 902]

52***

[32, 71]

85***

[60, 110]

258

[− 263, 779]

33***

[24, 42]

− 19

[− 40, 2]

aModels adjusted for days of the week and daily patient average age. Both models accounted for autocorrelation.

Data are β-coefficients [95% confidence intervals] from the generalised least squares linear regression model.

*p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.