Greater temporal regularity of primary care visits was associated with reduced hospitalizations and mortality, even after controlling for continuity of care

Table 3 Association between temporal regularity of primary care visits and hospitalizations, using logistic regression. TR was measured over a two-year period (2016–2017) and hospitalizations over the following two years (2018–2019). Total n = 70,356 (of whom, 20,514 with at least one hospitalization)

	Range of TR	Percent Hosp. at least once	Odds Ratio – Unadjusted	95% CI Unadjusted	Odds Ratio -Adjusted^a	95% Adjusted
Quintile 1 of TR (most regular)	0–0.70	24.9	REF		REF
Quintile 2	0.70–0.85	30.1	1.30 ‡	[1.23,1.37]	1.11 ‡	[1.05,1.18]
Quintile 3	0.85–0.99	30.8	1.34 ‡	[1.27,1.41]	1.16 ‡	[1.09,1.23]
Quintile 4	0.99–1.18	30.7	1.34 ‡	[1.27,1.41]	1.20 ‡	[1.14,1.28]
Quintile 5 (least regular)	1.18–3.19	29.4	1.26 ‡	[1.19,1.33]	1.24 ‡	[1.17,1.31]

^aAdjusted for all variables in Table 2 (age, sex, sector, region, SES, comorbid conditions), and for Bice-Boxerman continuity of care
^‡ p < 0.001

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