Table 2.

Results of multivariable logistic regression

		Odds ratio	P-value	95% Confidenceintervals
				Lower	Upper
MET (pre-MET base)	MET 0 to 2 yrs	0.99	0.553	0.96	1.02
	MET 2 to 4 yrs	0.93	< 0.001	0.91	0.96
	MET > 4 yrs	0.90	< 0.001	0.88	0.92
Year (1999 to 2000 base)	2000-01	1.16	< 0.001	1.11	1.20
	2001-02	1.67	< 0.001	1.61	1.74
	2002-03	1.10	< 0.001	1.06	1.14
	2003-04	1.06	< 0.01	1.02	1.10
	2004-05	0.95	< 0.05	0.92	0.99
	2005-06	0.91	< 0.001	0.87	0.94
	2006-07	0.87	< 0.001	0.84	0.91
	2007-08	0.90	< 0.001	0.86	0.93
	2008-09	0.89	< 0.001	0.86	0.93
	2009-10	0.81	< 0.001	0.77	0.84
Age (< 40 yrs base)	40 to 49	1.67	< 0.001	1.58	1.77
	50 to 59	2.31	< 0.001	2.19	2.42
	60 to 69	3.33	< 0.001	3.18	3.48
	70 to 79	5.52	< 0.001	5.29	5.77
	80+	11.99	< 0.001	11.49	12.52
Gender	Male	1.05	< 0.001	1.03	1.06
Hospital level (base = metropolitan)	Tertiary	0.87	< 0.001	0.85	0.88
Multiday admission	Yes	1.84	< 0.001	1.80	1.89
ICU admission	Yes	3.40	< 0.001	3.27	3.53
Ventilation	Yes	4.57	< 0.001	4.38	4.76
Emergency admission	Yes	9.18	< 0.001	8.90	9.46
Acute myocardial infarction	Yes	2.14	< 0.001	2.08	2.19
Congestive cardiac failure	Yes	2.36	< 0.001	2.31	2.41
Peripheral vascular disease	Yes	2.18	< 0.001	2.10	2.25
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	4.18	< 0.001	4.06	4.30
Dementia	Yes	2.08	< 0.001	2.02	2.15
Chronic obstructive airways disease	Yes	1.51	< 0.001	1.47	1.55
Rheumatoid arthritis	Yes	1.46	< 0.001	1.31	1.61
Peptic ulcer disease	Yes	1.09	< 0.05	1.02	1.17
Mild liver disease	Yes	1.39	< 0.001	1.31	1.48
Hemi/paraplegia	Yes	1.28	< 0.001	1.23	1.33
Chronic kidney disease	Yes	1.70	< 0.001	1.67	1.74
Cancer	Yes	3.31	< 0.001	3.22	3.41
Mod/severe liver disease	Yes	7.09	< 0.001	6.68	7.53
Metastatic cancer	Yes	2.89	< 0.001	2.79	2.99
AIDS	Yes	4.85	< 0.001	4.11	5.72
Indigenous ethnicity	Yes	1.44	< 0.001	1.28	1.61

MET, medical emergency team.