Table 2.
Adolescent fracture demographics: Multivariate analysis
|
Predictor variables
|
Odds ratio
|
95%CI
|
P
value
|
| Sex | |||
| Female vs male | 3.49 | 1.66-7.33 | < 0.01 |
| Race | |||
| Black vs white | 1.03 | 0.20-5.19 | 0.97 |
| Hispanic vs white | 1.23 | 0.45-3.37 | 0.69 |
| Other vs white | 0.52 | 0.06-4.50 | 0.55 |
| Payer type | |||
| Commercial vs self-pay | 4.70 | 0.52-42.17 | 0.17 |
| Medicaid vs self-pay | 4.67 | 0.49-44.93 | 0.18 |
| Other vs self-pay | 2.96 | 0.24-37.06 | 0.40 |
| State | |||
| CA vs FL | 0.08 | 0.01-0.66 | 0.02 |
| Hospital type | |||
| Academic vs community | 0.55 | 0.11-2.75 | 0.46 |
| Children's vs community | < 0.01 | 0.01 < x < 999 | 0.98 |
| County vs community | 0.92 | 0.36-2.33 | 0.86 |
| Outpatient vs community | 10.76 | 2.04-56.83 | < 0.01 |
| Age | 0.91 | 0.75-1.10 | 0.33 |