TABLE 2.

Adjusted ORs of Prolonged ED LOS for Pediatric Mental Health Versus Non–Mental Health Visits and Year of Visit (2005–2015)

	LOS >6 h			LOS >12 h
	aOR	95% CI	P	aOR	95% CI	P
Type of ED visit
Non–mental health visit	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Mental health visit	3.29	2.23–4.88	<.001	2.86	1.31–6.24	.009
Yeara	0.99	0.96–1.02	.41	0.98	0.92–1.04	.53
Mental health visit × year	1.08	1.00–1.16	.04	1.15	1.02–1.30	.03

Adjusted for age, sex, payer type, race and ethnicity, and visit during school month. P < .05 is considered statistically significant. aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

^aYear in 1-year intervals.