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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2019 Aug 7;127:105796. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105796

Table 4:

Variation in the number of health service encounters within the year period before suicide.

Visit Type Controls # of Visits Mean, SD (Median) Cases # of Visits Mean, SD (Median) AOR* (95% CI)
Any Encounter 7.5, 11.4 (4) 16.7, 22.3 (9) 1.02 (1.02, 1.02)
Inpatient Stay 0.1, 0.8 (0) 0.6, 1.5 (0) 1.11 (1.09, 1.13)
Emergency Room or Urgent Care Visit 0.4, 1.2 (0) 1.1, 2.2 (0) 1.20 (1.18, 1.22)
Outpatient Specialty Visit 4.1, 8.2 (1) 9.9, 16.1 (4) 1.03 (1.03, 1.03)
Primary Care Visit 2.4, 3.4 (2) 3.8, 4.7 (2) 1.04 (1.03, 1.05)
Any Visit with MH diagnosis 0.7, 3.4 (0) 4.8, 10.5 (1) 1.08 (1.08, 1.09)
Any Visit with SU diagnosis 0.2, 2.1 (0) 1.7, 9.1 (0) 1.06 (1.05, 1.07)
*

Odds Ratios are based on mean # of visits and adjusted for age and sex

**

MH denotes Mental Health

***

SU denotes Substance Use