Table 2.

Re-attendance at the same ED within 7 days

Re-attendance at the same ED within 7 days	PA (n=1129)	FY2 doctor (n=2068)	Total (n=3197)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI) and p value (PA relative to FY2 doctor-in-training) in rate of re-attendance	Adjusted OR (95% CI) and p value (PA relative to FY2 doctor-in-training) in rate of re-attendancee*
No	1066 (94.4%)	1937 (93.7%)	3003 (93.9%)	0.87 (0.64 to 1.19) p=0.388	0.87 (0.61 to 1.24) p=0.437
Yes	63 (5.6%)	131 (6.3%)	194 (6.1%)
Unknown	1251	4368	5619	–	–

*Adjustment made for triage score (as a measure of acuity), age band, sex, admission, X-ray and site; no adjustment was made for clustering as the ICC by individual staff member on outcome was small (0.008) and statistically insignificant (p=0.236).

ED, emergency department; FY2, foundation year two; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; PA, physician associates.