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Table 3 Socio-demographic and disease related factors associated with two or more ED presentations within any 28-day given period after SACT

From: Socio-demographic and disease related characteristics associated with unplanned emergency department visits by cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

B

S.E.

Wald

df

p value

OR

95% CI

Effect size

Lower

Upper

Age

.002

.007

.092

1

.762

1.002

.989

1.016

trivial

Gender

 Male

−.083

.209

.159

1

.690

.920

.611

1.385

trivial

 Female (ref)

         

Country of birth

 Other than Australia

.024

.194

.015

1

.901

1.024

.701

1.497

trivial

 Australia (ref)

         

Marital status

 Single/divorced/widowed

−.278

.211

1.740

1

.187

.757

.500

1.145

small

 Married/de facto (ref)

         

SEIFA (VIC)

 0–40%

−.191

.231

.687

1

.407

.826

.525

1.298

small

 40–80%

.020

.221

.008

1

.930

1.020

.661

1.574

trivial

  > 80% (ref)

  

.992

2

.609

    

Tumour stream

 Head and neck

−.309

.565

.299

1

.584

.734

.243

2.220

small

 UGI

.072

.343

.045

1

.833

1.075

.549

2.104

trivial

 CRC

−.127

.347

.133

1

.716

.881

.446

1.740

small

 Lung

.163

.296

.304

1

.582

1.177

.659

2.105

trivial

 Other

.284

.578

.242

1

.623

1.329

.428

4.126

small

 Skin

.500

.442

1.284

1

.257

1.649

.694

3.919

small

 Breast

−.255

.358

.505

1

.477

.775

.384

1.564

small

 Genitourinary

.711

.336

4.467

1

.035*

2.035

1.053

3.934

medium

 CNS

.666

.472

1.993

1

.158

1.947

.772

4.910

medium

 Haematological (ref)

  

10.229

9

.332

    

Constant

−2.049

.502

16.673

1

<.001

.129

   
  1. * p < .05 ** p < .001