Table 4.
Univariate and multivariate analyses of predictors of non-urgent/inappropriate visits*.
| Univariate | Multivariate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriate (n = 10,451; 24.6%) | Non-urgent/Inappropriate (n = 32,056; 75.4%) | O.R. [95% C.I.] | p-value | O.R. [95% C.I.] | p-value | |
| Age | ||||||
| >5 years | 3,799 (36.4) | 10,583 (33) | Ref. | |||
| ≤ 5 years | 6,652 (63.6) | 21,473 (67) | 1.16 [1.11–1.21] | <0.001 | 1.11 [1.06–1.16] | <0.001 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 4,703 (45) | 14,423 (45) | Ref. | |||
| Male | 5,748 (55) | 17,630 (55) | 1 [0.96–1.05] | 0.996 | ||
| Nationality | ||||||
| Italian | 10,289 (98.4) | 31.536 (98.4) | Ref. | |||
| Not Italian | 162 (1.6) | 520 (1.6) | 1.05 [0.88–1.25] | 0.621 | ||
| Residence | ||||||
| Out of Salerno district | 6,672 (63.8) | 18,688 (58.3) | Ref. | |||
| Salerno district | 3,779 (36.2) | 13,368 (41.7) | 1.26 [1.21–1.32] | <0.001 | 1.28 [1.22–1.34] | <0.001 |
| Consultation time | ||||||
| Morning/Afternoon | 7,975 (76.3) | 22,618 (70.6) | Ref. | |||
| Evening/Night | 2,476 (23.7) | 9,438 (29.4) | 1.34 [1.28–1.41] | <0.001 | 1.39 [1.32–1.47] | <0.001 |
| Weekday | ||||||
| Weekdays | 7,519 (71.9) | 20,282 (63.3) | Ref. | |||
| Saturday/Sunday | 2,932 (28.1) | 11,774 (36.7) | 1.49 [1.42–1.56] | <0.001 | 1.48 [1.41–1.56] | <0.001 |
| Arrived to ED by | ||||||
| Other | 1,055 (10.1) | 1,758 (5.5) | Ref. | |||
| Parents' vehicles | 9,396 (89.9) | 30,298 (94.5) | 1.94 [1.79–2.1] | <0.001 | 1.09 [0.98–1.22] | 0.113 |
| Sent to ED by | ||||||
| Other | 848 (8.1) | 854 (2.7) | Ref. | |||
| Parental independent decision | 9,603 (91.9) | 31,202 (97.3) | 3.23 [2.93–3.56] | <0.001 | 3.01 [2.64–3.44] | <0.001 |
ED, Emergency Department; O.R., odds ratio; ref., reference value.
*
Non-urgent/inappropriate visits defined according to the Mattoni method (5). Round parentheses indicate %.