Table 3.
Ethnic variations in proportional and dichotomous service encounters during FEP
| Service encounters | Total | White | Black | Asian | P value | Odds ratio (95 % CI)c | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health services | 40.73 % | 40.90 % | 41.95 % | 39.56 % | 0.831a | N/A | N/A |
| Emergency services/general | 19.99 % | 22.61 % | 19.17 % | 17.93 % | 0.465b | White vs. Asian | 0.38 (0.14, 1.00)d |
| Practitioner | White vs. Black | 1.56 (0.64, 3.81) | |||||
| Asian vs. Black | 4.13 (1.50, 11.40) | ||||||
| Welfare services | 3.64 % | 3.16 % | 5.38 % | 2.74 % | 0.257b | White vs. Asian | 0.71 (0.21, 2.45) |
| White vs. Black | 1.88 (0.62, 5.68) | ||||||
| Asian vs. Black | 2.63 (0.79, 8.75) | ||||||
| Faith based services | 3.51 % | 0 % | 3.27 % | 7.39 % | <0.001 b | White vs. Asian | 34.83 (4.39, 279.46) e |
| White vs. Black | 13.04 (1.54, 110.07) | ||||||
| Asian vs. Black | 0.37 (0.14, 1.01) | ||||||
| Criminal justice | 6.34 % | 4.46 % | 8.36 % | 6.66 % | 0.121b | White vs. Asian | 1.49 (0.59, 3.79) |
| White vs. Black | 2.60 (1.01, 6.74) | ||||||
| Asian vs. Black | 1.74 (0.69, 4.38) | ||||||
| Compulsory detention | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | White vs. Asian | 1.52 (0.58, 3.95) |
| White vs. Black | 4.67 (1.77, 12.32) | ||||||
| Asian vs. Black | 3.08 (1.21, 7.83) | ||||||
Columns 2 to 5 represent the proportion of total FEP encounters for each ethnicity (columns do not equal 100 % as not all encounters [e.g., EI] are reported here); Column 8 represents at least one service encounter for each type of service; CI Confidence Interval, N/A data not available/applicable; aBased on ANOVA test; bBased on Kruskall-Wallis test; cLogistic regression with at least one encounter as the outcome; dAt least one emergency service encounter (excluding GP contact); eA value of 1 was added to each cell to facilitate logistic regression as there were no contacts for White patients
Bold typeface indicates significant Odds ratio