Table 3. Correlates of Misdiagnosis among reported tertiary cases in Guangdong in 2009–2014, China (N = 3,805).
| Crude Model | Adjusted Model* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Crude OR | 95% CLs | Adjusted OR | 95% CLs | |||
| Department of diagnosis | Psychiatry | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Dermatology or STDs | 3.13 | 2.59 | 3.80 | 3.24 | 2.66 | 3.95 | |
| Cardiovascular, orthopedics or eye | 5.40 | 4.10 | 7.11 | 5.51 | 4.16 | 7.28 | |
| Others | 5.24 | 4.47 | 6.14 | 5.36 | 4.56 | 6.29 | |
| Hospital level | Provincial | — | — | ||||
| City | 1.02 | 0.78 | 1.32 | 1.00 | 0.77 | 1.31 | |
| County or township | 2.92 | 2.19 | 3.89 | 2.89 | 2.14 | 3.89 | |
| Year | 2009–2010 | 1.46 | 1.25 | 1.72 | 1.44 | 1.22 | 1.69 |
| 2011–2012 | 1.27 | 1.09 | 1.48 | 1.28 | 1.09 | 1.49 | |
| 2013–2014 | — | — | |||||
| Region | Other Regions | 1.77 | 1.54 | 2.04 | 1.70 | 1.46 | 1.97 |
| Pearl River Delta | — | — | |||||
Note: *adjusted for age (continuous), marital status (married/never married/divorced or widowed) and occupation (Farmer/ Merchant/ Retired/ Home stay/ Unknown/Others).