Table 2.

The Effect of a PCP Being Absent from Patient Care on the Rate of Other Types of Patient Visits Among that PCP’s Patients

	Among all PCPs			Among PCPs whose patients rarely see non-assigned PCPs
	(n = 6,398)			(n = 2,527)
	IRR	95 % CI	P value	IRR	95 % CI	P value
Total ER visits	0.997	(0.980 to 1.014)	0.70	1.036	(1.008 to 1.066)	0.01
Weekday ER visits	1.001	(0.982 to 1.020)	0.96	1.040	(1.008 to 1.074)	0.01
Weekend ER visits	0.983	(0.950 to 1.017)	0.33	1.026	(0.967 to 1.089)	0.39
Primary care treatable ER visits	1.010	(0.985 to 1.035)	0.45	1.080	(1.036 to 1.124)	0.00