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Table 2 Associations between active listing, consultations in primary care and hospitalisation for the population > 15 years of age in Blekinge in 2007 (N = 123,168), adjusting for sex, age, income, education and multimorbidity level

From: Active listing and more consultations in primary care are associated with reduced hospitalisation in a Swedish population

Multivariate binomial model

Odds for any hospitalisation

Mean days hospitalised

OR

(95%CI)

Days

(95%CI)

Listing status

 Passively listed

1.00

 

1.32**

(1.24–1.40)

 Actively listed

0.69**

(0.61–0.77)

0.94**

(0.90–0.99)

Consultations, primary care

 0 or 1 consultation

1.00

 

1.21**

(1.13–1.29)

 2 or 3 consultations

0.44**

(0.34–0.54)

0.80**

(0.75–0.84)

 4 or 5 consultations

0.55**

(0.37–0.74)

0.77**

(0.72–0.83)

 6 or 7 consultations

0.60**

(0.48–0.72)

0.77**

(0.66–0.87)

 8 or 9 consultations

0.73*

(0.48–0.99)

0.80**

(0.51–1.10)

 10- consultations

0.91

(0.63–1.19)

1.06**

(0.67–1.46)

Type of practice

 A, private practice

1.00

 

1.22**

(1.16–1.28)

 B, public practice

0.51**

(0.39–0.63)

0.98**

(0.94–1.01)

Sex

 Women

1.00

 

0.94**

(0.89–0.98)

 Men

1.13**

(1.09–1.17)

1.09**

(1.03–1.15)

Age

 16–19 years

1.00

 

0.63**

(0.37–0.90)

 20–39 years

2.45**

(2.26–2.63)

1.12**

(1.01–1.22)

 40–59 years

1.45**

(1.27–1.64)

0.77**

(0.69–0.86)

 60–79 years

1.52**

(1.33–1.71)

0.91**

(0.85–0.98)

 80+ years

2.05**

(1.88–2.21)

1.39**

(1.30–1.47)

Individual income

 First income quartile

1.00

 

1.10**

(1.08–1.13)

 Second income quartile

1.10**

(1.06–1.14)

1.15**

(1.07–1.22)

 Third income quartile

1.01

(0.84–1.04)

0.84**

(0.80–0.87)

 Fourth income quartile

1.02

(0.97–1.08)

0.72**

(0.66–0.78)

Education level

 Less than 9 years

1.00

 

1.03**

(1.01–1.07)

 Compulsory 9 years

0.89*

(0.79–1.00)

1.12**

(1.06–1.18)

 College degree

0.87**

(0.61–0.93)

0.97**

(0.89–1.06)

 University degree

0.88

(0.72–1.04)

0.97**

(0.93–1.01)

Multimorbidity level

 RUB 0

1.00

 

0.00*

(0.00–0.01)

 RUB 1

6.66**

(5.95–7.37)

0.40**

(0.34–0.45)

 RUB 2

6.50**

(5.78–7.23)

0.47**

(0.44–0.51)

 RUB 3

8.13**

(7.49–8.77)

2.34**

(2.12–2.57)

 RUB 4

9.85**

(9.21–10.49)

9.21**

(8.70–9.84)

 RUB 5

11.13**

(10.66–11.60)

24.96**

(23.87–26.05)

  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval; * = p < 0.05, ** = p < 0.01; RUB Resource Utilization Band; Mean days hospitalised = average marginal effects combining both parts of the zero-inflated binomial model