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Table 3 Multilevel mixed-effects Poisson regression modelling with Incident Rate Ratios (IRR) for Emergency Department (ED) Presentations and Hospital Admissions unadjusted and adjusted for time period and demographics

From: Impact of an integrated community-based model of care for older people with complex conditions on hospital emergency presentations and admissions: a step-wedged cluster randomized trial

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

IRR

(95% CI)

P

IRR

(95% CI)

P

IRR

(95% CI)

P

ED Presentations

 Intervention Status

0.91

(0.56–1.47)

0.697

1.35

(0.57–3.17)

0.498

1.17

(0.52–2.66)

0.703

Time Period

 1 (ref)

         

 2

   

0.88

(0.46–1.70)

0.709

0.91

(0.47–1.76)

0.787

 3

   

0.58

(0.22–1.51)

0.263

0.64

(0.25–1.66)

0.361

 4

   

0.60

(0.20–1.79)

0.361

0.69

(0.24–1.97)

0.484

Indigenous Status

      

2.27

(0.63–8.14)

0.208

Age

      

0.97

(0.91–1.04)

0.417

Gender

      

0.74

(0.33–1.63)

0.451

Hospital Admissions

 Intervention Status

0.93

(0.58–1.47)

0.743

0.62

(0.28–1.40)

0.253

0.57

(0.26–1.27)

0.167

Time Period

 1 (ref)

         

 2

   

1.23

(0.67–2.27)

0.499

1.26

(0.68–2.32)

0.457

 3

   

1.48

(0.64–3.46)

0.36

1.59

(0.68–3.69)

0.283

 4

   

1.90

(0.68–5.34)

0.224

2.07

(0.74–5.75)

0.165

Indigenous Status

      

2.41

(0.53–10.87)

0.252

Age

      

0.97

(0.90–1.05)

0.443

Gender

      

0.80

(0.32–1.99)

0.627

  1. Model 1 – Unadjusted, Model 2 – Adjusted for time period, Model 3 – Adjusted for time period, Indigenous status, age and gender
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