Table 4.

Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis of Potential Predictors of Non-Urgent Visits

	Odds Ratio (OR)	95% Confidence		P-value
		Lower	Upper
Age (years)	1.01	1.00	1.02	0.006
Payer type
PNU vs referred or other patients	1.47	1.11	1.95	0.008
KAAUH vs referred or other patients	2.00	1.47	2.71	<0.001
ER vs referred or other patients	2.27	1.65	3.12	<0.001
Minutes to triage	1.01	1.01	1.01	<0.001
Medication refill	29.00	20.89	40.25	<0.001
Counselling, examination, investigation, and follow-up	9.37	7.69	11.41	<0.001
Wound care	5.73	2.52	13.01	<0.001
Insect/animal bites	4.72	2.78	8.00	<0.001
Non-specific diagnosis	2.27	1.59	3.24	<0.001
Upper respiratory infections/symptoms	1.97	1.54	2.52	<0.001
Headaches & migraines	0.47	0.34	0.65	<0.001
Obstetrics-gynecology problem	0.41	0.25	0.66	<0.001
Asthma & SOB	0.34	0.19	0.63	<0.001
Bleeding and hemorrhage	0.34	0.18	0.66	0.001
Musculoskeletal/joint pain & bone fractures	0.33	0.23	0.47	<0.001
Normal pregnancy/delivery	0.32	0.16	0.64	0.001
Localized swelling, mass and lump	0.31	0.18	0.55	<0.001
Neurologic/psychiatric problem	0.29	0.09	0.94	0.038
Cough	0.29	0.21	0.40	<0.001
GIT problems including gastroenteritis	0.29	0.14	0.59	0.001
Diarrhea	0.28	0.10	0.79	0.016
Nausea and vomiting	0.24	0.13	0.44	<0.001
Back pain/sciatica	0.21	0.12	0.37	<0.001
Injury, trauma, & fall	0.19	0.13	0.29	<0.001
Fever	0.19	0.13	0.28	<0.001
Urinary tract infections/symptoms	0.19	0.08	0.43	<0.001
Abdominal pain/acute abdomen	0.18	0.10	0.34	<0.001
Palpitations/arrhythmia	0.18	0.04	0.75	0.019
Constipation	0.15	0.06	0.42	<0.001
Renal problem	0.12	0.02	0.93	0.043
Syncope, dizziness, & vertigo	0.11	0.04	0.31	<0.001
Back pain/sciatica	0.06	0.01	0.41	0.004
High/low blood pressure	0.04	0.00	0.56	0.016

Notes: The multivariate model was adjusted for all variables in Tables 1 and 3. Backward elimination was used to allow non-significant variables to leave the model. Adjusted R-square was 0.396.