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Table 3 ED visit, hospital admission or death within 6 months for the asthma admission and ED cohorts, according to AEC service availability

From: The association of asthma education centre characteristics on hospitalizations and emergency department visits in Ontario: a population-based study

 

Fulltime/extended hours

Part-time/extended hours

Fulltime regular hours

Part-time regular hours

No AEC

Admission cohort

 
 

N = 2 237

N = 3 060

N = 722

N = 1 145

N = 4 865

ED visits for asthma within 6-36 months of index event

0

1 535 (68.6%)

1 934 (63.2%)

441 (61.1%)

715 (62.4%)

3 131 (64.4%)

1

397 (17.7%)

580 (19.0%)

138 (19.1%)

216 (18.9%)

876 (18.0%)

2+

305 (13.6%)

546 (17.8%)

143 (19.8%)

214 (18.7%)

858 (17.6%)

Hospital admissions for asthma within 6-36 months of index event

0

1 917 (85.7%)

2 624 (85.8%)

625 (86.6%)

968 (84.5%)

4 143 (85.2%)

1

232 (10.4%)

297 (9.7%)

61 (8.4%)

127 (11.1%)

489 (10.1%)

2+

88 (3.9%)

139 (4.5%)

36 (5.0%)

50 (4.4%)

233 (4.8%)

Any death between 6 and 36 months of index event

 

Yes

12 (0.5%)

11 (0.4%)

*(<1%)

12 (1.0%)

43 (0.9%)

ED cohort

    
 

N = 7 620

N = 14 720

N = 5 643

N = 6 554

N = 28 488

ED visits for asthma within 6-36 months of index event

0

6 008 (78.8%)

11 345 (77.1%) )

4 336 (76.8%)

5 005 (76.4%)

22 067 (77.5%)

1

1 072 (14.1%)

2 050 (13.9%)

804 (14.2%)

950 (14.5%)

4 042 (14.2%)

2+

540 (7.1%)

1 325 (9.0%)

503 (8.9%)

599 (9.1%)

2 379 (8.4%)

Hospital admissions for asthma within 6-36 months of index event

 

0

7 534 (98.9%)

14 544 (98.8%)

5 599 (99.2%)

6 468 (98.7%)

28 176 (98.9%)

1

78 (1.0%)

159 (1.1%)

39 (0.7%)

76 (1.2%)

274 (1.0%)

2+

8 (0.1%)

17 (0.1%)

*

10 (0.2%)

38 (0.1%)

Any death between 6 and36 months of index event

 

Yes

29 (0.4%)

73 (0.5%)

28 (0.5%)

36 (0.5%)

116 (0.4%)

  1. *value suppressed due to small cell size.