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Table 2 Association of different risk factors and preventable harm (conditional logistic regression)

From: Patient-related factors associated with an increased risk of being a reported case of preventable harm in first-line health care: a case-control study

 

Crude model, odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted for income and education

p-value

No psychiatric diagnoses

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

Psychiatric diagnoses

1.96 (1.76–2.19)

< 0.001

1.69 (1.73–2.13)

< 0.001

Disposable income

 Lowest quartile

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 2nd quartile

1.23 (1.12–1.36)

< 0.001

1.18 (1.07–1.31)

0.001

 3rd quartile

1.05 (0.95–1.16)

0.36

1.04 (0.94–1.15)

0.47

 4th quartile

0.86 (0.77–0.96)

0.006

0.87 (0.78–0.98)

0.02

Education level

 Elementary school or less (up to 9 years of school)

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Secondary school (11 to 12 years of school)

1.11 (1.01–1.21)

0.02

1.13 (1.03–1.24)

0.008

 Bachelor’s or master’s degree

1.00 (0.91–1.11)

0.93

1.08 (0.97–1.20)

0.14

 Post graduate education

0.51 (0.32–0.82)

0.005

0.59 (0.37–0.95)

0.03

Origin

 Two Swedish-born parents

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Born outside of Sweden

0.86 (0.79–0.95)

0.002

0.91 (0.82–1.00)

0.05

 Born in Sweden with one foreign-born parent

1.21 (1.07–1.37)

0.003

1.18 (1.03–1.35)

0.02

 Born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents

1.41 (1.20–1.67)

< 0.001

1.26 (1.04–1.53)

0.02

  1. All cases were matched for age, sex, and residential area. The crude model was unadjusted. The adjusted model was adjusted for disposable income and four levels of education