Table 2.

Predictors of repeat ED visits

	Unadjusted OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Demographic Factors
Age	1.083	0.974–1.204	1.054	0.912–1.217
Female	1.351	0.760–2.400	1.178	0.565–2.456
Having a neurodevelopmental co-morbidity	1.205	0.665–2.183	1.632	0.701–3.803
Estimated median family income	1.000	1.000–1.000
Average caregiver education	1.013a	0.575–1.785	1.032	0.521–2.044
Involvement with CAS	2.569b	0.896–7.371	3.216	0.891–11.602
Service Utilization Factors
Living closer to the hospital (below 1 SD)	2.865	0.970–8.467	5.934*	1.622–21.703
LOS above recommended 5.5h benchmark	2.500*c	1.024–6.106	1.077	0.349–3.325
Satisfaction (CSQ)	1.015d	0.974–1.057	1.021	0.969–1.076
Post-index visit MH service utilization	2.082*	1.041–4.160	2.430*	1.050–5.628
Prior psychiatric hospitalization	2.424*	1.044–5.628	2.874*	1.001–8.251
Clinical Factors
Having a mood-related ICD code at the index visit	1.039	0.524–2.061	0.836	0.370–1.891
Having a behaviour-related ICD code at the index visit	1.298	0.561–3.004	1.511	0.481–4.745
Having a psychosis-related ICD code at the index visit	0.932	0.095–9.114	2.891	0.227–36.863
Suicidality	1.661	0.954–2.892	1.461	0.720–2.964
Severity (HEADS-ED)	1.223*e	1.067–1.402	1.287*	1.082–1.531
Perceived Severity (SDQ)	1.007f	0.958–1.058	0.979	0.912–1.050
Family Factors
Caregiver history of treatment for MH concerns	0.377*g	0.212–0.670	0.272*	0.138–0.539
Perceived Family Functioning (FAM)	1.038h	0.996–1.083	1.024	0.975–1.076
High level of perceived burden	1.233i	0.581–2.616	1.164	0.485–2.797

N Adjusted = 266 non repeaters (79.2%) and 70 repeaters (20.8%)

N unadjusted = 266 non repeaters (70 repeaters) unless otherwise specified.

^a247(65);

^b263(70);

^c242(65);

^d265(70);

^e262(70);

^f191(50);

^g256(69);

^h163(45);

ⁱ182(49)