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Table 3 Average yearly cover score across maximal optimal time interval boundary over the studied period

From: A time-duration measure of continuity of care to optimise utilisation of primary health care: a threshold effects approach among people with diabetes

Characteristics

Low bound cover

Middle bound cover

Upper bound cover

 

mean

95% CI

mean

95% CI

mean

95% CI

Overall

 Mean

0.83 (0.83; 0.83)

0.84

(0.84; 0.85)

0.85

(0.80; 0.85)

 Median (IQR)

0.98 (0.81; 1.00)

1.00

(0.86; 1.00)

1.00

(0.87; 1.00)

Age group (years)

 45–59

0.82 (0.81; 0.82)

0.84

(0.83; 0.84)

0.85

(0.84; 0.85)

 60–74

0.87 (0.87; 0.87)

0.88

(0.88; 0.89)

0.89

(0.89; 0.89)

  ≥ 75

0.77 (0.77; 0.77)

0.78

(0.78; 0.79)

0.79

(0.78; 0.79)

Gender

 Female

0.86 (0.86; 0.86)

0.87

(0.87; 0.87)

0.88

(0.88; 0.88)

 Male

0.80 (0.80; 0.80)

0.82

(0.82; 0.82)

0.83

(0.83; 0.83)

Indigenous status

 No

0.84 (0.84; 0.84)

0.86

(0.86; 0.86)

0.86

(0.86; 0.86)

 Yes

0.60 (0.59; 0.61)

0.63

(0.62; 0.64)

0.64

(0.63; 0.65)

SEIFA

 Highest Disadvantage

0.81 (0.80; 0.81)

0.82

(0.82; 0.83)

0.83

(0.83; 0.83)

 High disadvantaged

0.83 (0.83;0.84)

0.85

(0.85; 0.85)

0.86

(0.85; 0.86)

 Moderate disadvantage

0.83 (0.83; 0.84)

0.85

(0.85; 0.85)

0.86

(0.85; 0.86)

 Less disadvantage

0.84 (0.84; 0.84)

0.86

(0.85; 0.86)

0.86

(0.86; 0.87)

 Least disadvantage

0.84 (0.84; 0.84)

0.86

(0.85; 0.86)

0.86

(0.86; 0.87)

Accessibility

 Very remote

0.48 (0.47; 0.49)

0.51

(0.50; 0.52)

0.52

(0.51; 0.53)

 Remote

0.74 (0.73; 0.76)

0.77

(0.76; 0.78)

0.78

(0.77; 0.79)

 Moderate

0.79 (0.79; 0.80)

0.82

(0.81; 0.82)

0.82

(0.82; 0.83)

 Accessible

0.81 (0.81; 0.82)

0.83

(0.83; 0.84)

0.84

(0.84; 0.85)

 Highly accessible

0.85 (0.85; 0.85)

0.86

(0.86; 0.87)

0.87

(0.87; 0.87)