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Table 2 Patient and provider adjusted rate ratios (RR) from the multivariable regression model

From: Erratum: What is the impact of primary care model type on specialist referral rates? A cross-sectional study

Independent variable

Levels

Rate Ratio (RR)

95% Confidence interval for RR

P-Value

Primary Care Model

CAP-I

0.965

0.943-0.987

0.0021

FFS

0.940

0.917-0.963

<.0001

CAP-NI

1.000

-

.

Patient characteristics

Health Status (ADG)

3 (Very Sick)

8.464

8.358-8.571

<.0001

 

2

5.846

5.787-5.906

<.0001

 

1

3.020

2.996-3.043

<.0001

 

0 (healthy)

1.000

-

.

Income Quintile

5 (High)

1.041

1.038-1.044

<.0001

 

4

1.041

1.038-1.044

<.0001

 

3

1.031

1.028-1.034

<.0001

 

2

1.020

1.018-1.023

<.0001

 

1 (low)

1.000

-

.

Rurality

Rural

0.935

0.925-0.945

<.0001

 

Non-major urban centre

0.990

0.984-0.995

0.0001

 

Major urban centre

1.000

1.000

.

Patient Age

57+

3.591

3.558-3.623

<.0001

 

41-56

2.986

2.962-3.011

<.0001

 

22-40

1.895

1.883-1.908

<.0001

 

0-21

1.000

-

.

Patient Sex

Female vs. male

1.172

1.169-1.175

<.0001

Physician Characteristics

Physician Sex

Female vs. male

1.145

1.124-1.165

<.0001

Year of Graduation

 

1.003

1.002-1.004

<.0001

Foreign Trained

Foreign vs. local

0.926

0.906-0.946

<.0001

Time in Model

 

1.001

1.001-1.001

<.0001