Emergency department | Emergency practice | |||
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OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | |
Age (per 20 years difference) | 1.05 (0.87/1.26) | 0.635 | 0.60 (0.48/0.74) | < 0.001 |
Sex: | ||||
- men or non-binary | reference | reference | ||
- women | 1.01 (0.74/1.38) | 0.956 | 1.11 (0.77/1.59) | 0.576 |
Living arrangement: | ||||
- living with others | reference | reference | ||
- living alone | 1.02 (0.73/1.42) | 0.918 | 0.89 (0.59/1.34) | 0.581 |
Education (pursuant to CASMIN): | ||||
- uncompleted, general elementary or basic vocational | reference | reference | ||
- secondary school certificate or “A” level equivalent - higher or lower tertiary | 1.10 (0.76/1.61) 0.91 (0.57/1.45) | 0.611 0.698 | 1.37 (0.83/2.26) 1.13 (0.64/1.99) | 0.213 0.672 |
Country of birth: | ||||
- patient and both parents in Germany | reference | reference | ||
- patient in Germany and at least one parent abroad - patient abroad | 0.75 (0.39/1.43) 0.65 (0.35/1.19) | 0.381 0.163 | 0.82 (0.42/1.63) 0.58 (0.28/1.19) | 0.579 0.138 |
Subjective treatment urgency (numerical rating scale; per 3 points difference) | 1.35 (1.06/1.73) | 0.015 | 1.10 (0.84/1.45) | 0.495 |
Self-rated health (EQ-5D visual analogue scale; per 30 points difference) | 1.37 (1.11/1.70) | 0.003 | 1.15 (0.89/1.47) | 0.278 |
Depressiveness (pursuant to PHQ-2; per 3 points difference) | 1.11 (0.84/1.46) | 0.476 | 0.96 (0.68/1.36) | 0.823 |
Health problem: organ system (pursuant to ICPC-2): | ||||
- general and unspecified disorders - musculoskeletal system - digestive system - cardiovascular system - respiratory system - neurological system - urological system | 0.65 (0.42/0.98) 1.05 (0.67/1.64) 1.73 (1.11/2.72) 1.03 (0.58/1.83) 1.09 (0.66/1.79) 0.72 (0.42/1.25) 1.32 (0.68/2.58) | 0.042 0.846 0.017 0.913 0.736 0.246 0.409 | 0.66 (0.40/1.08) 1.21 (0.73/2.03) 0.50 (0.27/0.93) 1.02 (0.50/2.08) 1.29 (0.75/2.23) 0.98 (0.53/1.82) 1.16 (0.52/2.59) | 0.096 0.460 0.029 0.964 0.361 0.950 0.709 |
Health problem: diagnosis type (pursuant to ICPC-2): | ||||
- symptoms and complaints - infections - injuries - other diagnoses | 1.84 (1.10/3.07) 1.12 (0.51/2.50) 3.12 (1.67/5.83) 1.59 (0.90/2.82) | 0.020 0.775 < 0.001 0.114 | 1.69 (0.94/3.01) 1.88 (0.82/4.29) 1.58 (0.75/3.34) 0.89 (0.45/1.77) | 0.077 0.135 0.230 0.738 |
Past health service use: number of contacts | ||||
- with general practices - with specialist practices - with emergency care - with hospitals | 1.03 (0.72/1.46) 0.88 (0.64/1.22) 1.40 (0.93/2.13) 1.33 (0.86/2.06) | 0.874 0.449 0.111 0.203 | 0.85 (0.57/1.25) 1.21 (0.83/1.77) 0.78 (0.45/1.38) 1.74 (1.00/3.03) | 0.406 0.324 0.396 0.052 |
Health literacy (pursuant to HLS-Q16-EU): | ||||
- inadequate (0–8 points) | reference | reference | ||
- problematic (9–12 points) | 1.18 (0.83/1.67) | 0.358 | 0.91 (0.62/1.34) | 0.643 |
- sufficient (13–16 points) | 1.26 (0.82/1.94) | 0.289 | 0.63 (0.36/1.09) | 0.098 |