Table 3.

Logistic regression models for inappropriate and avoidable visits

Variable	Potentially inappropriate ED visits (n=1’174 included in modelling)			Avoidable ED visits (n=1’188 included in modelling)
	Odds Ratio	(95% CI)	p-value	Odds Ratio	(95% CI)	p-value
Age				0.98	(0.96-0.99)	0.005
Triage score: life-threatening/urgent	0.55	(0.33-0.92)	0.024
Type of admission (reference: ambulance)
General practitioner	2.13	(1.16-3.90)	0.015	1.40	(1.00-1.94)	0.048
Walk-in	3.42	(1.79-6.55)	<0.001	0.46	(0.27-0.77)	0.004
Other	2.06	(0.58-7.27)	0.262	0.73	(0.31-1.73)	0.471
No Hospitalization				2.51	(1.81-3.47)	<0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index				1.10	(1.05-1.16)	<0.001
No connective tissue disease	11.68	(2.46-55.48)	0.002
No malignancy	0.48	(0.23-0.99)	0.048
Constant	0.07		<0.001	1.55		0.538
	Chi-Square	Df		Chi-Square	Df
Hosmer and Lemeshow Test	12.06	6	0.061	7.40	8	0.496

Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval, ED Emergency Department