An evaluation of the quality of ear health services for Aboriginal children living in remote Australia: a cascade of care analysis

Table 3 Age specific and overall results of outcome measures and trend analysis

Age group	% Received ear examination in a 6-month period			% Diagnosed with OM			% OM treated according to Guidelines			% OM followed up in < = 14 days
Age group	AAPC	95% CI	P value	AAPC	95% CI	P value	AAPC	95% CI	P value	AAPC	95% CI	P value
Overall	0.42	(-0.37 ~ 1.22)	0.253	-5.03	(-8.05 ~ -1.92)	0.002	-1.01	(-6.04 ~ 4.28)	0.664	1.95	(0.68 ~ 3.23)	0.007
< 2 years	-0.03	(-0.59 ~ 0.53)	0.896	-2.26	(-4.04 ~ -0.45)	0.021	-3.45	(-7.83 ~ 1.13)	0.119	2.52	(0.27 ~ 4.82)	0.032
2–4 years	-0.14	(-0.80 ~ 0.53)	0.639	-3.46	(-5.45 ~ -1.43)	0.001	0.29	(-3.73 ~ 4.48)	0.875	1.28	(-1.10 ~ 3.72)	0.252
5–9 years	0.45	(-1.10 ~ 2.03)	0.523	-4.62	(-8.75 ~ -0.30)	0.036	-0.83	(-7.17 ~ 5.95)	0.779	3.16	(1.03 ~ 5.34)	0.009
10–16 years	2.62	(1.12 ~ 4.15)	0.004	-8.35	(-12.19 ~ -4.34)	< 0.001	0.26	(-9.36 ~ 10.91)	0.953	0.27	(-3.82 ~ 4.53)	0.886

AAPC Average annual percentage change, OM Otitis media, CI Confidence interval. Data for AAPC and the 95%CI are changes in percentage

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