Table 4.

Sensitivity analysis of the repeated measures mixed models: demographic subgroups

Outcome	PAM level (vs 1)	Aged below 75	Aged 75 and over	Most deprived IMD quintile	Any other IMD quintile
		Rate ratio (CI)	Rate ratio (CI)	Rate ratio (CI)	Rate ratio (CI)
Contact with a general practitioner	2	0.86 (0.82 to 0.90)	1.03 (0.97 to 1.10)	0.90 (0.86 to 0.95)	0.93 (0.88 to 0.99)
	3	0.83 (0.80 to 0.87)	0.96 (0.91 to 1.01)	0.87 (0.83 to 0.91)	0.87 (0.83 to 0.91)
	4	0.77 (0.73 to 0.81)	0.96 (0.88 to 1.04)	0.84 (0.79 to 0.89)	0.81 (0.76 to 0.86)
Emergency department attendance	2	0.72 (0.63 to 0.82)	0.85 (0.71 to 1.02)	0.73 (0.64 to 0.84)	0.82 (0.70 to 0.96)
	3	0.71 (0.64 to 0.80)	0.77 (0.67 to 0.89)	0.75 (0.66 to 0.84)	0.72 (0.63 to 0.82)
	4	0.65 (0.56 to 0.76)	0.81 (0.65 to 1.01)	0.65 (0.54 to 0.77)	0.74 (0.62 to 0.89)
Elective admission	2	0.77 (0.65 to 0.91)	0.99 (0.78 to 1.25)	0.82 (0.68 to 0.98)	0.87 (0.71 to 1.07)
	3	0.69 (0.60 to 0.79)	0.97 (0.79 to 1.18)	0.79 (0.68 to 0.93)	0.75 (0.63 to 0.90)
	4	0.69 (0.57 to 0.83)	1.13 (0.83 to 1.54)	0.77 (0.62 to 0.96)	0.83 (0.65 to 1.05)
Emergency admission	2	0.70 (0.56 to 0.87)	0.75 (0.60 to 0.94)	0.66 (0.53 to 0.81)	0.79 (0.62 to 1.00)
	3	0.70 (0.59 to 0.84)	0.64 (0.53 to 0.77)	0.67 (0.56 to 0.80)	0.64 (0.52 to 0.78)
	4	0.60 (0.47 to 0.77)	0.73 (0.54 to 0.98)	0.55 (0.42 to 0.73)	0.70 (0.53 to 0.92)
Attended outpatient appointment	2	0.85 (0.78 to 0.94)	0.97 (0.86 to 1.10)	0.89 (0.8 to 0.98)	0.91 (0.81 to 1.01)
	3	0.85 (0.78 to 0.93)	0.92 (0.83 to 1.03)	0.92 (0.84 to 1.00)	0.83 (0.75 to 0.91)
	4	0.76 (0.68 to 0.85)	0.91 (0.77 to 1.08)	0.83 (0.73 to 0.94)	0.78 (0.68 to 0.89)
‘Did not attend’ a GP contact	2	0.96 (0.85 to 1.08)	0.82 (0.69 to 0.97)	0.92 (0.81 to 1.05)	0.88 (0.76 to 1.03)
	3	0.87 (0.78 to 0.96)	0.82 (0.71 to 0.95)	0.82 (0.73 to 0.91)	0.89 (0.79 to 1.01)
	4	0.78 (0.68 to 0.90)	0.75 (0.59 to 0.95)	0.81 (0.69 to 0.95)	0.72 (0.60 to 0.87)
‘Did not attend’ an outpatient appointment	2	0.70 (0.59 to 0.84)	0.90 (0.72 to 1.14)	0.77 (0.65 to 0.93)	0.83 (0.67 to 1.04)
	3	0.70 (0.61 to 0.82)	0.63 (0.51 to 0.78)	0.71 (0.6 to 0.83)	0.68 (0.56 to 0.82)
	4	0.77 (0.63 to 0.93)	0.62 (0.44 to 0.87)	0.68 (0.54 to 0.85)	0.82 (0.63 to 1.06)
Minor self-referral to an emergency department	2	0.82 (0.67 to 0.99)	1.14 (0.85 to 1.51)	0.80 (0.65 to 1.00)	1.07 (0.84 to 1.36)
	3	0.71 (0.60 to 0.83)	0.94 (0.74 to 1.21)	0.77 (0.65 to 0.93)	0.79 (0.64 to 0.98)
	4	0.61 (0.49 to 0.77)	0.88 (0.60 to 1.31)	0.64 (0.49 to 0.84)	0.74 (0.56 to 0.98)

GP, general practitioner; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; PAM, Patient Activation Measure.