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Table 2. Patients who called their PCP office prior to ED visit.

Characteristics of patients who did and did not called primary care physician’s office prior to Emergency Department visit.

Characteristic	Called PCP before ED visit n (col %)	Did not call PCP before ED visit n (col %)	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Gender
Female	80 (22.5)	275 (77.5)	0.92 (0.64–1.3)
Male	73 (24.0)	232 (76.0)
Income
≤$20,000/year	98 (21.7)	353 (78.3)	1.2 (0.80–1.8)
>$20,000/year	39 (18.6)	170 (81.4)
Education
Less than high school	47 (23.7)	151 (76.3)	0.73 (0.50–1.1)
High school or higher	106 (30.0)	250 (70.2)

Notes.