Table A1.

Odds ratios for GP (regular general practitioner) contact month by month compared to 6 months before an emergency hospital admission for the different diagnoses.

	Myocardial infarction		Heart failure		Stroke		Pneumonia (excl. COPD)		Hip fracture
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
12 months before	1.04	(0.75–1.44)	0.86	(0.53–1.38)	0.70	(0.50–0.97)	0.88	(0.65–1.20)	0.95	(0.66–1.39)
6 months before	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)
5 months before	1.04	(0.78–1.38)	0.96	(0.64–1.44)	0.91	(0.68–1.20)	1.00	(0.76–1.31)	0.98	(0.71–1.36)
4 months before	1.13	(0.85–1.49)	1.15	(0.77–1.73)	0.99	(0.75–1.32)	1.18	(0.90–1.55)	0.73	(0.53–1.01)
3 months before	0.89	(0.67–1.17)	1.51	(1.00–2.29)	0.85	(0.65–1.13)	1.17	(0.90–1.53)	0.87	(0.63–1.20)
2 months before	0.99	(0.75–1.31)	1.56	(1.03–2.35)	0.94	(0.71–1.23)	1.13	(0.87–1.47)	0.93	(0.67–1.27)
1 month before	1.40	(1.06–1.84)	2.44	(1.59–3.75)	1.18	(0.89–1.55)	1.36	(1.04–1.77)	1.04	(0.75–1.43)

Estimates from conditional logistic regression analyses, comparing contacts within patients.