Pediatric non-urgent emergency department visits and prior care-seeking at primary care

Table 4 Adjusted Odds of Having Sought Care from PCP before ED

Sociodemographic Factors	Model A^a	Model B	Model C
N	140	140	140
Likelihood Ratio Test (P-Value)	Reference	.18	<.001*
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Respondent Demographics
Insurance Status
Commercial/Employer Based	Reference	Reference	Reference
Medicaid or CHIP	.56 (.21, 1.48)	.66 (.24, 1.84)	.44 (.09, 2.15)
No insurance/Other/Missing	.77 (.18, 3.34)	1.04 (.22, 4.94)	.64 (.09, 4.60)
Race
White	Reference	Reference	Reference
African-American	.29 (.11, .74)*	.32 (.11, .88)*	.43 (.14, 1.31)
Asian/Native American/Other	.99 (.26, 3.76)	1.07 (.28, 4.13)	2.76 (.48, 15.73)
Prefer Not to Say/Missing	.19 (.05, .80)*	.23 (.05, 1.01)	.25 (.05, 1.27)
Education
Completed College/Post-college	Reference	Reference	Reference
Some College	.76 (.29, 1.9)	.73 (.27, 1.98)	.50 (.16, 1.59)
High School/GED or Less	.32 (.11, .90)*	.30 (.10, .88)*	.34 (.10, 1.08)
Respondent PCP Perception
Subscales
Access		1.01 (.98, 1.03)
Contextual Knowledge		1.02 (.99, 1.04)
Coordination		1.00 (.98, 1.02)
Respondent Preferences
Travel Choice
ED Better			.64 (.13, 3.19)
Neutral			Reference
PCP Better			3.46 (1.34, 8.92)*
Wait Time Choice
ED Better			0.19 (.03, 1.13)
Neutral			Reference
PCP Better			2.86 (1.11, 7.34)*
Payment Choice
ED Better			(No observations)
Neutral			Reference
PCP Better			.70 (.14, 3.58)

*Statistically significant difference (α = .05)
Model A: Sought care from PCP prior to ED = Insurance Status + Race + Education
Model B: Sought care from PCP prior to ED = Insurance Status + Race + Education + P3C Access Subscore + P3C Contextual Knowledge Subscore + P3C Coordination of Care Subscore
Model C: Sought care from PCP prior to ED = Insurance Status + Race + Education + Relative Assessment of Travel Time + Relative Assessment of Wait Time + Relative Assessment of Payment/Cost

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