TABLE 3.
Controller escalation not made | Controller escalation made | GLMM model OR (95% CI) | |
Visits | 6428 | 234 | 4204# |
Period¶ | |||
Baseline | 3314 (96.8) | 108 (3.2) | |
Intervention | 3114 (96.1) | 126 (3.9) | 0.55 (0.28–0.99) |
Clinic | |||
1 | 2947 (97.7) | 67 (2.3) | |
2 | 1244 (97.6) | 31 (3.4) | 0.82 (0.42–1.44) |
3 | 2237 (94.3) | 136 (5.7) | 2.19 (1.51–3.53) |
Practitioner type | |||
Physician | 3087 (96.0) | 130 (4.0) | |
Nurse practitioner | 547 (96.5) | 20 (3.5) | 0.82 (0.38–1.74) |
Resident | 2368 (97.3) | 66 (2.7) | 0.79 (0.46–1.41) |
Physician assistant | 425 (95.9) | 18 (4.1) | 0.55 (0.19–1.16) |
Objective asthma diagnosis | |||
No | 3736 (95.9) | 158 (4.1) | |
Yes | 2692 (97.3) | 76 (2.7) | 0.46 (0.31–0.68) |
Physician-documented asthma diagnosis | |||
No | 2507 (97.7) | 60 (2.3) | |
Yes | 3921 (95.8) | 174 (4.2) | 1.35 (0.90–2.05) |
Presenting complaint | |||
Asthma | 201 (76.4) | 62 (23.6) | |
Nonrespiratory | 5610 (98.5) | 85 (1.5) | 0.06 (0.04–0.10) |
Respiratory (nonasthma) | 617 (87.6) | 87 (12.4) | 0.51 (0.33–0.85) |
Previous emergency department visit(s)/hospitalisation(s) | |||
No | 6096 (96.5) | 221 (3.5) | |
Yes | 332 (96.2) | 13 (3.8) | 1.18 (0.36–2.25) |
Seen by most responsible physician | |||
No | 4308 (96.6) | 151 (3.4) | |
Yes | 2120 (96.2) | 83 (3.8) | 0.89 (0.58–1.45) |
Current level of asthma control | |||
Not documented | 4587 (97.5) | 117 (2.5) | |
Poor control | 1302 (92.4) | 107 (7.6) | 2.23 (1.52–3.30) |
Good control | 539 (98.2) | 10 (1.8) | 0.52 (0.09–1.15) |
Data are presented as n or n (%), unless otherwise stated. GLMM: generalised linear mixed model. #: the model included only the 448 subjects seen in both the baseline and intervention periods (4204 total visits); ¶: both in the baseline and intervention periods, there was no association between time and the outcome.