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. 2020;21(2):317–324. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.2.317

Table 2.

Hazard Ratios (HR) and Confidence Intervals (CI) in an Adjusted Cox Regression Model. The model of adjusted variables refers to hospital admission within 90 days after first medical consultation

Variable N (%) HR (CI 95%) P
Referral centre
FAP 74 (83.1%) Ref.
HNL 15 (16.9%) 2.08 (1.09 - 3.94) 0.026
Frequency of utilization of primary public health care providers before diagnosis of disease
Never 26 (20.3%) Ref.
At minimum one time each year 37 (28.9%) 0.37 (0.15 - 0.91) 0.029
Every six months 19 (14.9%) 0.55 (0.22 - 1.37) 0.197
Every three months 4 (3.1%) 0.14 (0.01 - 1.29) 0.083
Every month 42 (32.8%) 0.29 (0.12 - 0.71) 0.006
First service used by women at beginning of patient flow
Primary public HCP 53 (41.7%) Ref.
Specialized private clinic 46 (36.2%) 2.32 (1.17 - 4.60) 0.016
Community hospital 26 (20.5%) 0.63 (0.21 - 1.91) 0.419
Public health care centre 2 (1.6%) 0.76 (0.08 - 7.06) 0.812