Table A2.

Odds ratios for GP (regular general practitioner) contact in three-day intervals compared to the three-day interval 31–29 days 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
31–29 days before	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)	1.00	(reference)
19–17 days before	1.70	(1.19–2.45)	1.10	(0.76–1.60)	1.41	(0.98–2.04)	1.26	(0.92–1.71)	0.90	(0.60–1.36)
16–14 days before	1.07	(0.73–1.57)	0.99	(0.68–1.44)	1.32	(0.91–1.92)	1.24	(0.91–1.68)	0.92	(0.62–1.38)
13–11 days before	1.11	(0.75–1.63)	1.01	(0.69–1.47)	1.21	(0.83–1.77)	1.08	(0.79–1.48)	1.20	(0.81–1.77)
10–8 days before	1.07	(0.73–1.58)	0.80	(0.54–1.17)	1.63	(1.14–2.35)	1.27	(0.94–1.73)	1.15	(0.78–1.70)
7–5 days before	1.13	(0.77–1.65)	1.41	(0.98–2.02)	1.54	(1.07–2.23)	1.44	(1.06–1.95)	1.04	(0.70–1.54)
4–2 days before	1.73	(1.20–2.48)	1.40	(0.98–2.02)	1.48	(1.02–2.14)	1.57	(1.16–2.12)	0.96	(0.64–1.44)

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