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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 Mar 5;59(6):547–556. doi: 10.1177/0009922820908589

Table 3.

Correlates of “Successful” Referral for Community Linkage to Care Program From December 1, 2017, to November 30, 2018 (N = 287).

Successful, n (%) Unsuccessful, n (%) Unadjusted Analyses
Adjusted Analysesa
Odds Ratio 95% CI P Odds Ratio 95% CI P
Total 124 (43) 163 (57)
Child sex
 Male 66 (46) 77 (54) Ref
 Female 58 (40) 86 (60) 0.77 0.49-1.26 .32
Child age
 <4 years 50 (48) 55 (52) Ref Ref
 ≥4 years 74 (41) 108 (59) 0.75 0.46- 1.22 .25 0.72 0.44-1.19 .20
Preferred spoken language
 English 88 (40) 131 (60) Ref Ref
 Spanish 34 (53) 30 (47) 1.69 0.96-2.95 .07 1.68 0.94- 2.99 .08
Outreach attempts, n
 1-3 91 (41) 132 (59) Ref Ref
 ≥4 33 (52) 31 (48) 1.5 0.88-2.70 .13 1.92 1.06-3.49 .03
Follow-up time, days
 <30 49 (54) 41 (46) Ref Ref
 ≥30 75 (38) 122 (62) 0.51 0.31-0.85 .01 0.43 0.25-0.73 .002
Initial encounter method, n
 In-person (warm hand-off) 9 (50) 9 (50) Ref
 Phone 115 (43) 154 (57) 0.75 0.29-1.94 .55
Social needs identified, n
 1 73 (44) 93 (56) Ref
 2-3 40 (41) 57 (59) 0.89 0.54-1.50 .67
 ≥4 11 (46) 13 (54) 1.08 0.46-2.54 .86

Abbreviations: n, total number; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference group.

a

Model adjusts for child age, preferred spoken language, outreach attempts, and follow-up time included based on backward stepwise regression.