Table 3.

Logistic regression model of overtriage of youth with minor Injury

		OR estimate	95% Wald confidence limits
Patient factors	Age*	1.09	1.01	1.17
	Female	0.69	0.41	1.14
	Black*	1.95	1.11	3.42
	Other race	1.08	0.52	2.28
	Hispanic	1.31	0.69	2.47
	Uninsured	0.74	0.24	2.21
	Medicaid*	1.76	1.05	2.92
	ICISS	0.01	<0.001	>999.99
Nature of injury	Fractures of the skull, neck, or trunk*	4.59	1.36	15.51
(Reference: other fractures)	Internal injury*	7.78	2.52	24.00
	Open wound*	5.26	1.40	19.78
	Burns	16.29	0.69	383.12
	Other injury*	5.97	1.42	25.05
Mechanisms of injury	Cut	1.63	0.29	9.15
(Reference: falls)	Fire	0.95	0.04	21.63
	Firearm*	11.99	2.39	60.03
	Motor vehicle traffic*	2.25	1.03	4.90
	Transport	2.08	0.98	4.44
	Natural/environmental	0.14	0.015	1.28
	Struck by/against	1.06	0.48	2.36
	Other mechanism	0.36	0.03	4.80
Hospital factors	Teaching	1.79	0.96	3.36
(Reference: not for profit)	For profit*	6.70	3.42	13.15
	Public*	3.44	1.74	6.80

*Statistically significant at the α=0.05 level.

ICISS, ICD-9-CM Injury Severity Score.