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Fig. 2

From: The association between general practitioner regularity of care and ‘high use’ hospitalisation

Fig. 2

Adjusteda odds ratio of (a) readmission to hospital 1–30 days, (b) Early (1–7 days) readmission to hospital and (c) Late (8–30 days) readmission to hospital in the follow-up period (1 July 2009 to 31 December 2017) according to quintile of regularity during the exposure period (1 July 2005 to 30 June 2009) a. Adjusted for: usual provider of care index, modified modified continuity index, frequency of general practitioner (GP) contact, number of chronic disease management contacts, number of mental health GP contacts, number of specialist physician contacts, sex, marital status, Indigenous status, living independently, alcohol use, born in Australia, physical activity level, time spent sitting, level of limitation, psychological distress, self-rated overall health, self-rated quality of life, social support, highest attained education level, household income, body mass index, smoking history, remoteness index, post (zip)-code based socioeconomic status, self-reported previously diagnosed medical conditions, comorbidity 1 and 5 years prior to the start of follow up, Rx-risk at 1 and 5 years prior to start of follow up, died during follow up and number of days out of hospital during the exposure period

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