Table 4 Odds ratio of the associations between the community health services and COVID-19 ED access
From: Implementation of community health care services to counter the SARS-CoV2 pandemic
Odds Ratio | 95% C.I. | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 1.02 | 1.01–1.02 | < 0.0001 |
Sex | |||
- Males | Ref. | ||
- Females | 0.87 | 0.76–0.99 | 0.031 |
Emergency severity | |||
- Deferrable emergencies | Ref. | ||
- Nondeferrable emergencies | 2.32 | 2.02–2.68 | < 0.0001 |
Occurrence of positives | |||
- I quartile (< 27) | Ref. | ||
- II quartile (27–159) | 3.72 | 2.41–5.73 | < 0.0001 |
- III quartile (160–607) | 9.12 | 5.97–13.94 | < 0.0001 |
- IV quartile (> 607) | 49.13 | 31.45–76.75 | < 0.0001 |
Community health care services | |||
- None | Ref. | ||
- Nursing SDCU | 0.16 | 0.11–0.23 | < 0.0001 |
- Nursing SDCU and COVID hub | 0.20 | 0.13–0.29 | < 0.0001 |
- Nursing and medical SDCUs and COVID hub | 0.10 | 0.07–0.14 | < 0.0001 |
Vaccinated | 0.82 | 0.72–0.94 | 0.005 |