Table 5.
Model results – incidence rate ratios to predict ACSC ED visits for people with ID
| Emergency department visit:
treated and discharged to community |
Emergency department visit:
treated and admitted to hospital |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | Standard error |
Adjusted p-value |
aIRR | Lower aIRR |
Upper aIRR |
Estimate | Standard error |
Adjusted p-value |
aIRR | Lower aIRR |
Upper aIRR |
|
| ID subgroup† | ||||||||||||
| Down syndrome | −0.3015 | 0.0602 | 0.0002 | 0.740 | 0.657 | 0.832 | 0.2673 | 0.0964 | 0.0092 | 1.306 | 1.081 | 1.578 |
| Unspecified ID | 0.0566 | 0.0678 | 0.4524 | 1.058 | 0.927 | 1.209 | 0.0295 | 0.0964 | 0.7599 | 1.030 | 0.853 | 1.244 |
| Moderate-to-profound ID | −0.1607 | 0.0561 | 0.0078 | 0.852 | 0.763 | 0.951 | −0.1687 | 0.0872 | 0.0675 | 0.845 | 0.712 | 1.002 |
| Sex‡ | ||||||||||||
| Female | 0.1238 | 0.0465 | 0.0121 | 1.132 | 1.033 | 1.240 | −0.0639 | 0.0678 | 0.4032 | 0.938 | 0.821 | 1.071 |
| Race§ | ||||||||||||
| White | −0.1108 | 0.0477 | 0.0283 | 0.895 | 0.815 | 0.983 | −0.0429 | 0.0679 | 0.5678 | 0.958 | 0.839 | 1.094 |
| Supplemental nutrition assistance¶ | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 0.5502 | 0.0551 | 0.0002 | 1.734 | 1.556 | 1.932 | −0.0432 | 0.0723 | 0.5711 | 0.958 | 0.831 | 1.104 |
| Residence†† | ||||||||||||
| NH, ICF, hospital of other state facility | −0.3777 | 0.0943 | 0.0002 | 0.685 | 0.570 | 0.825 | 0.3227 | 0.0926 | 0.0011 | 1.381 | 1.152 | 1.655 |
| Group home/supervised living | −0.2829 | 0.0693 | 0.0002 | 0.754 | 0.658 | 0.863 | −0.2386 | 0.0845 | 0.0082 | 0.788 | 0.667 | 0.930 |
| Home with health service support | −0.1754 | 0.0408 | 0.0002 | 0.839 | 0.775 | 0.909 | −0.1661 | 0.0714 | 0.0283 | 0.847 | 0.736 | 0.974 |
| Comorbidity‡‡ | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 1.9104 | 0.0374 | 0.0002 | 6.756 | 6.278 | 7.270 | 2.9967 | 0.0629 | 0.0002 | 20.019 | 17.697 | 22.644 |
| Primary care visit§§ | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 0.1747 | 0.0368 | 0.0002 | 1.191 | 1.108 | 1.280 | 0.1275 | 0.0571 | 0.0341 | 1.136 | 1.016 | 1.271 |
| County type¶¶ | ||||||||||||
| Urban | −0.0634 | 0.0483 | 0.2303 | 0.939 | 0.854 | 1.032 | −0.2276 | 0.075 | 0.0048 | 0.796 | 0.688 | 0.922 |
| Age | −0.0115 | 0.0017 | 0.0002 | 0.989 | 0.985 | 0.992 | 0.0155 | 0.0033 | 0.0002 | 1.016 | 1.009 | 1.022 |
ACSC, ambulatory care sensitive condition; aIRR, adjusted incidence rate ratio; ED, emergency department.
†
Mild ID served as the reference group.
‡
Male served as the reference group.
§
African American/other races served as the reference group.
¶
No served as the reference group.
††
Home with no health service support served as the reference group.
‡‡
No served as the reference group.
§§
No served as the reference group.
¶¶
Rural served as the reference group.