Table 4.

Factors associated with urgency: results of multilevel linear regression analyses

	ICPC code U71			ICPC code S18			ICPC code A03
	B	99.99% CI	p Value	B	99.99% CI	p Value	B	99.99% CI	p Value
Female	0.48*	0.44 to 0.52	0.000	0.06*	0.03 to 0.08	0.000	0.03	−0.00 to 0.07	0.001
Age (years)
5–17	0.03	−0.07 to 0.13	0.238	−0.05*	−0.09 to −0.00	0.000	−0.04	−0.10 to 0.03	0.024
18–44	0.25*	0.17 to 0.34	0.000	−0.04*	−0.08 to 0.00	0.000	−0.12*	−0.19 to −0.05	0.000
45–64	0.26*	0.18 to 0.35	0.000	−0.10*	−0.14 to −0.05	0.000	−0.40*	−0.49 to −0.32	0.000
65–74	0.20*	0.11 to 0.29	0.000	−0.14*	−0.21 to −0.07	0.000	−0.62*	−0.73 to −0.51	0.000
75–84	0.15*	0.06 to 0.25	0.000	−0.20*	−0.27 to −0.12	0.000	−0.75*	−0.85 to −0.64	0.000
≥85	0.21*	0.12 to 0.31	0.000	−0.25*	−0.33 to −0.17	0.000	−0.69*	−0.82 to −0.56	0.000
Distance in kilometres†	0.00	−0.00 to 0.00	0.002	−0.00	−0.00 to 0.00	0.307	0.00	−0.00 to 0.00	0.016
Use of decision support system	0.04	−0.47 to 0.55	0.749	−0.13	−0.54 to 0.28	0.227	0.09	−0.37 to 0.54	0.452

Reference categories: male gender, 0–4 years, no decision support system. A higher NTS urgency level represents a clinically less urgent health problem (see table 1).

*Significant at p<0.002.

†Distance between patient's home and the GPC.

A03, fever; B, unstandardised regression coefficient; GPC, general practice cooperative; ICPC, International Classification of Primary Care; NTS, the Netherlands Triage System; S18, laceration/cut; U71, cystitis/other urinary infection.