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Table 4 Number of referrals to MMRa/1000 registered population at the PHCCsb according to health care provider factors in 2012

From: Referring to multimodal rehabilitation for patients with musculoskeletal disorders – a register study in primary health care

 

Mde

Q1/Q3f

p

PHCC location, community size, grouped

  

0.020g

 Referrals from very small community < 10 000 inhabitants, PHCCs n = 56

 Referrals from small community 10 000-34 999 inhabitants, PHCCs n = 33

 Referrals from medium community 35 000-100 000 inhabitants, PHCCs n = 35

 Referrals from large community > 100 000 inhabitants, PHCCs n = 24

6.1

7.8

10.0

16.9

6.1/12.2

3.2/15.0

4.6/16.4

4.6/20.8

 

PHCC size

  

0.614g

 Referrals from small PHCCs (<6000 registered population), PHCCs n = 44

 Referrals from medium PHCCs (6000-10 500 registered population), PHCCs n = 57

 Referrals from large PHCCs (>10 500 registered population), PHCCs n = 47

6.5

8.1

9.2

3.3/15.4

4.4/14.4

3.5/15.8

 

Model of health care, public or private PHCC

  

0.035h

 Referrals from public PHCCs, PHCCs n = 86

 Referrals from private PHCCs, PHCCs n = 62

7.2

12.6

3.8/13.0

12.6/17.6

 

Referrals from PHCC providing its own MMR, yes or no

  

0.111h

 Referrals from PHCCs providing their own MMR, no, PHCCs n = 112

 Referrals from PHCCs providing their own MMR, yes, PHCCs n = 36

7.6

11.8

3.5/14.0

3.8/17.4

 

Burden of illness, ACGc

  

0.476g

Mean = 1.0 > 1.0 increased burden of illness

   

 Referrals from PHCCs with low ACG (<0.95), PHCCs n = 42

 Referrals from PHCCs with medium ACG (0.95-1.05,) PHCCs n = 66

 Referrals from PHCCs with high ACG (>1.05), PHCCs n = 40

9.4

6.1

9.7

3.6/16.8

3.5/14.4

3.9/14.4

 

Socioeconomic status, CNId

   

Mean = 1.0, > 1.0 worse socioeconomic status

  

0.322g

 Referrals from PHCCs in community with low CNI (<0.95), PHCCs n = 89

 Referrals from PHCCs in community with medium CNI (0.95-1.05), PHCCs n = 18

 Referrals from PHCCs in community with high CNI (>1.05), PHCCs n = 41

7.6

13.8

7.2

3.8/14.8

4.2/18.7

3.3/15.5

 
  1. aMultimodal rehabilitation, bPrimary Health Care Center, cAdjusted Clinical Groups, dCare Need Index, eMedian, fRange for quartile 1 and quartile 3, gKruskal-Wallis Test, hMann-Whitney U Test