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Table 5 Analysis of influencing factors on the duration of home visits

From: The workload for home visits by German family practitioners: an analysis of regional variation in a cross-sectional study

Duration of home visits

B

SE

Wald

df

p

Odds Ratio

95% CI for Odds Ratio

Lower

Upper

AVERAGEa (20 to 30 min)

1) Regional distributionb

Rural (<  5000)

.160

.137

1.360

1

.244

1.173

.897

1.534

Semi-rural (5000 – 10,000)

.359

.154

5.414

1

.020*

1.431

1.058

1.936

Semi-urban (10,000 – 50,000)

.253

.132

3.672

1

.055

1.288

.994

1.669

2) Regional primary care status

Imminent underserved regionsc

.285

.102

7.891

1

.005**

1.330

1.090

1.623

3) Homebound patient characteristics

Genderd

−.070

.105

.444

1

.505

.933

.759

1.145

Age

.014

.005

9.074

1

.003**

1.014

1.005

1.023

Number of chronic diseases

.019

.012

2.517

1

.113

1.019

.996

1.043

4) Home visit characteristics

Housing situatione

1.410

.098

206.600

1

.000***

4.094

3.378

4.962

Type of home visitf

.718

.113

40.537

1

.000***

2.051

1.644

2.559

LONGa (31 min or longer)

1) Regional distributionb

Rural (<  5000)

.022

.126

.030

1

.862

1.022

.799

1.307

Semi-rural (5000 – 10,000)

.181

.144

1.566

1

.211

1.198

.903

1.589

Semi-urban (10,000 – 50,000)

.056

.122

.213

1

.644

1.058

.833

1.344

2) Regional primary care status

Imminent underserved regionsc

.107

.096

1.229

1

.268

1.113

.921

1.344

3) Homebound patient characteristics

Genderd

.040

.097

.169

1

.681

1.041

.861

1.258

Age

.011

.004

6.549

1

.010*

1.011

1.003

1.019

Number of chronic diseases

.014

.011

1.418

1

.234

1.014

.991

1.036

4) Home visit characteristics

Housing situatione

1.863

.093

403.501

1

.000***

6.443

5.372

7.728

Type of home visitf

1.256

.103

147.627

1

.000***

3.511

2.867

4.300

  1. Note: *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05
  2. aThe reference category is: short with 19 min or less
  3. bEach region (rural, semi-rural and semi-urban) is compared to urban regions
  4. cImminent underserved regions are compared to well-served regions
  5. dGender is for males compared to women
  6. eHousing situation is for private homes compared to long-term care institutions
  7. fType of home visit is for requested home visits compared to planned home visits
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