Leaving the emergency department without complete care: disparities in American Indian children

Table 2 Odds ratios of leaving without complete evaluation and treatment (LWCET)

Variable	Unadjusted	95% CI	Adjusted	95% CI	Imputed	95% CI
Sex
Female	0.91	0.81–1.02	0.88	0.79–0.99	0.90	0.80–1.01
Race
AA	1.40	1.23–1.58	1.06	0.90–1.24	1.05	0.89–1.23
AI	1.52	1.26–1.82	1.62	1.30–2.03	1.63	1.31–2.03
Age (years)
< 1	0.93	0.78–1.10	0.88	0.73–1.05	0.91	0.76–1.08
5–10	0.91	0.79–1.05	0.89	0.77–1.04	0.91	0.78–1.05
11–17	0.79	0.67–0.93	0.89	0.75–1.05	0.90	0.76–1.06
Insurance
Private	0.90	0.80–1.02	1.05	0.90–1.22	1.03	0.89–1.20
Triage Level
More Severe	0.56	0.49–0.64	0.63	0.55–0.73	0.63	0.55–0.73
Distance from ED (miles)
> 5	0.83	0.74–0.93	0.86	0.76–0.98	0.86	0.77–0.98
Timing
Weekday Evening Hours	1.23	1.05–1.43	1.02	0.86–1.20	1.05	0.89–1.23
Weekday Night Hours	1.19	0.99–1.42	1.43	1.18–1.71	1.41	1.18–1.69
Weekend Hours	0.86	0.73–1.01	0.79	0.67–0.93	0.80	0.68–0.94
ED Activity Level
	1.26	1.19–1.33	1.32	1.24–1.39	1.30	1.23–1.38

CI indicates confidence interval; AA African American, AI American Indian, ED Emergency Department

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