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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Feb 4;31(4):651–656. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.11.005

Table 2.

Independent Effects of Disease Category on Wait Times - All Patients

Model 1
(exp(βs))
Model 2
(exp(βs))
Model 3
(exp(βs))
Model 4
(exp(βs))
General Patient Sample Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
SCD 1.25* 1.08 1.11 1.10
[1.02,1.52] [0.88,1.31] [0.92,1.34] [0.90,1.34]

LBF Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
SCD 1.59***
[1.29, 1.95]
1.32**
[1.08, 1.62]
1.38**
[1.14, 1.67]
1.33**
[1.09, 1.63]

N (unweighted) 215920 215920 215920 215920

Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001

Model 1: Unadjusted

Model 2: Adjusted for age, sex, race, and insurance status

Model 3: Model 2 + adjustments for assigned triage priority and pain score at triage

Model 4: Model 3 + adjustments for mode of arrival, visit disposition, geographic region of hospital, and weekend/weekday visit status