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Table 3 Overall Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition of age-related difference in hospitalization rates after an Emergency Department visit

From: Differences in triage category, priority level and hospitalization rate between young-old and old-old patients visiting the emergency department

 

Estimate (%)

SE (%)

Predicted hospitalization rate for 85+ years

69.11**

(0.54)

Predicted hospitalization rate for 65–84 years

58.53**

(0.33)

Difference in hospitalization rates

10.58**

(0.63)

Total explained difference

3.48**

(0.38)

Total unexplained difference

7.10**

(0.69)

Contribution to explained difference

 Gender

−0.23

(0.18)

 Marital status

0.78*

(0.31)

 Level of priority

−0.18

(0.18)

 Triage categories

2.74**

(0.29)

  1. Dependent variable: hospitalization after an ED visit
  2. SE: Robust standard errors
  3. ** p-value < 0.01, * p-value < 0.05