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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Mar 29;68(2):213–221. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.02.042

Table 3.

GEE models for predictors on admission and Unplanned ED Revisit within 72 hours

Admission to Hospital
Unplanned ED Revisit within 72 Hours
Univariate
Complete Model
Univariate
Complete Model
OR (95%) OR (95%) OR (95%) OR (95%)
Age 1.05 (1.05-1.05) 1.03 (1.02-1.03) 0.99 (0.99-1.00) 0.99 (0.98-1.00)
Sex
 Men 1.44 (1.38-1.51) 1.32 (1.25-1.39) 1.12 (1.01-1.25) 1.15 (1.03-1.28)
 Women 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Insurance
 Medicaid 1.98 (1.83-2.15) 1.49 (1.35-1.65) 1.20 (1.00-1.44) 1.19 (0.98-1.44)
 Medicare 4.28 (4.06-4.52) 1.20 (1.10-1.30) 0.93 (0.80-1.08) 1.19 (0.98-1.45)
 Private 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Uninsured 1.19 (1.12-1.26) 0.85 (0.79-0.91) 0.93 (0.82-1.06) 0.96 (0.83-1.10)
Race
 Asian 0.64 (0.72-0.92) 0.95 (0.82-1.10) 0.98 (0.65-1.47) 0.93 (0.61-1.42)
 Black 0.32 (0.30-0.34) 0.42 (0.39-0.45) 1.08 (0.92-1.26) 0.99 (0.84-1.17)
 White 1.00 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Other 0.33 (0.32-0.35) 0.58 (0.53-0.64) 1.07 (0.92-1.25) 0.89 (0.70-1.13)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 0.55 (0.52-0.58) 0.65 (0.59-0.71) 1.01 (0.90-1.12) 1.08 (0.87-1.34)
 Non-Hispanic 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Language
Limited English Proficiency 1.20 (1.11-1.30) 1.04 (0.95-1.15) 1.19 (1.02-1.48) 1.24 (1.02-1.53)
 English-speaking 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Triage Category
 Immediate 494.97 (234.3-1045.7) 229.04 (91.7-572.0) Excluded Excluded
 Emergent 97.41 (65.9-146.2) 51.29 (31.0-84.9) 0.33 (0.24-0.45) 0.33 (0.24-0.46)
 Urgent 33.20 (22.2-49.8) 21.06 (12.7-34.8) 0.53 (0.40-0.59) 0.53 (0.41-0.70)
 Semiurgent 2.72 (1.81-4.09) 2.43 (1.46-4.03) 0.43 (0.32-0.56) 0.43 (0.33-0.57)
 Nonurgent 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
Charlson Comorbidity Score 2.48 (2.39-2.58) 1.90 (1.83-1.97) 1.01 (0.95-1.06) 1.01 (0.96-1.07)