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Table 6 Variables related to not-advised follow-up care with the patient's own GP after contact with the GP cooperative as dependent variable (1 = yes. 0 = no). Telephone advice

From: Follow-up care by patient's own general practitioner after contact with out-of-hours care. A descriptive study

 

B

S.E.

Wald

df

Sig.

Odds ratio Exp(B) (90% C.I.)

INITIAL MODEL*

      

Diagnosis

-2.471

0.617

16.036

1

0.000

0.085 (0.031–0.233)

Expectation

-0.012

0.407

0.001

1

0.977

0.988 (0.506–1.929)

Health insurance

1.015

0.453

5.030

1

0.025

2.760 (1.311–5.810)

Gender

-0.571

0.388

2.165

1

0.141

0.565 (0.298–1.070)

Age

-0.006

0.009

0.410

1

0.522

0.994 (0.980–1.009)

Patient satisfaction

-0.353

0.374

0.887

1

0.346

0.703 (0.380–1.301)

Performance score

-0.286

0.176

2.637

1

0.104

0.752 (0.563–1.004)

Severity

0.614

0.465

1.743

1

0.187

1.848 (0.860–3.970)

Urgency

-0.189

0.506

0.140

1

0.708

0.827 (0.360–1.902)

Worried

-0.170

0.531

0.103

1

0.748

0.844 (0.352–2.019)

Education Low

  

1.724

2

0.422

 

   Middle

-0.567

0.451

1.585

1

0.208

0.567 (0.270–1.190)

   High

0.036

0.473

0.006

1

0.939

1.037 (0.476–2.258)

Constant

4.101

2.355

3.031

1

0.082

60.372

FINAL MODEL #

      

Diagnosis a

-2.749

0.478

33.081

1

0.000

0.064 (0.029–0.140)

Health Insurance b

0.860

0.388

4.905

1

0.027

2.363 (1.248–4.476)

Severity c

0.578

0.349

2.734

1

0.098

1.782 (1.003–3.166)

Constant

0.863

0.573

2.266

1

0.132

2.369

  1. * 26.5% (62/234) missing
  2. # 12.0% (28/234) missing
  3. a Diagnosis: 1 = right. 0 = wrong.
  4. b Insurance: 1 = public insurance. 0 = private insurance.
  5. c Severity: 1 = severe; 0 = not severe.