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Table 5 Logistic regression model for SRW vs. non-SRW as dependent variable (n = 438 complete cases)

From: Self-referred walk-in patients in the emergency department – who and why? Consultation determinants in a multicenter study of respiratory patients in Berlin, Germany

Independent variable

Coefficient B

Standard error

p value

Odds ratio

95% CI lower bound

95% CI upper bound

Age

−0.030

0.007

0.000

0.970

0.957

0.984

Sex

Reference: female

−0.418

0.233

0.073

0.659

0.417

1.039

Migration and travel

Reference: no related feature

  

0.002

   

 Migrant first generation

0.848

0.279

0.002

2.336

1.351

4.040

 Second generation

0.030

0.441

0.946

1.030

0.434

2.445

 Tourist

1.669

0.634

0.008

5.309

1.533

18.390

Education (CASMIN)

Reference: low

  

0.041

   

 Intermediate

0.126

0.312

0.686

1.134

0.616

2.090

 High

0.700

0.326

0.032

2.014

1.063

3.819

Triage category

Reference: lower urgency

−0.227

0.237

0.337

0.797

0.501

1.268

Out-of-hours visit

0.205

0.303

0.497

1.228

0.679

2.222

Chronic pulmonary condition

−0.558

0.234

0.017

0.572

0.362

0.906

Attached to GP

−0.736

0.352

0.036

0.479

0.240

0.955

  1. Note. Combined variable for chronic pulmonary condition