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Table 5 Association of sociodemographic characteristics and long-term disease with the absence of a GPP visit in the three days before or the day of an ED visit among subjects < 18 years of age in 2018 and followed one year after their birth or birthday

From: One-year emergency department visits for children < 18 years of age, associated factors and frequency of primary general practitioner or pediatrician visits before: a French observational study (2018–19)

 

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

Odds ratio adjusted

age and gender (95% CI)

Odds ratio adjusted

Full model (95% CI)

Age (Years)

  < 1

1

 

1

 1

1.41 [1.39–1.42]

 

1.41 [1.40–1.42]

 2–4

1.96 [1.94–1.97]

 

1.96 [1.95–1.98]

 5–9

2.65 [2.63–2.68]

 

2.68 [2.65–2.70]

 10–13

3.35 [3.31–3.38]

 

3.40 [3.36–3.43]

 14–17

3.40 [3.36–3.43]

 

3.46 [3.43–3.50]

Gender

 Boys

1

 

1

 Girls

0.94 [0.93–0.94]

 

0.91 [0.90–0.91]

CMUc vs no

0.97 [0.96–0.98]

1.0 [0.99–1.01]

0.97 [0.97–0.98]

FDep deprivation index (quintile)

 1 (less deprived)

1

1

 

 2

1.00 [0.99–1.01]

0.98 [0.97–0.99]

 

 3

1.06 [1.05–1.07]

1.04 [1.03–1.05]

 

 4

1.11 [1.10–1.12]

1.08 [1.07–1.09]

 

 5 (most deprived)

1.15 [1.13–1.16]

1.13 [1.12–1.14]

 

Commune type

 Urban

1

1

1

 Rural

1.04 [1.03–1.04]

0.97 [0.96–0.98]

1.01 [1.00–1.02]

ED in the commune of residence vs no

1.07 [1.06–1.08]

1.11 [1.1–1.12]

1.12 [1.11–1.13]

At least one LTD vs no

1.06 [1.05–1.07]

0.89 [0.88–0.90]

 

Pervasive developmental disorders

1.21 [1.16–1.26]

0.91 [0.88–0.95]

0.92 [0.88–0.95]

Asthma

0.79 [0.76–0.82]

0.72 [0.69–0.74]

0.73 [0.70–0.75]

Specific developmental disorders of speech and language

1.41 [1.31–1.51]

1.04 [0.96–1.12]

1.05 [0.98–1.14]

Epilepsy

1.25 [1.19–1.31]

1.06 [1.01–1.12]

1.09 [1.04–1.15]

Unspecified mental retardation

1.09 [1.02–1.16]

0.84 [0.79–0.90]

0.85 [0.80–0.91]

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

0.93 [0.89–0.98]

0.67 [0.63–0.70]

0.67 [0.64–0.71]

Scoliosis

1.23 [1.13–1.34]

0.83 [0.76–0.90]

0.84 [0.77–0.92]

Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills

1.41 [1.29–1.55]

0.97 [0.89–1.07]

1.00 [0.91–1.09]

Mixed disorders of conduct and emotions

1.54 [1.41–1.68]

1.03 [0.94–1.12]

1.03 [0.94–1.12]

Mixed specific developmental disorders

1.20 [1.10–1.31]

0.93 [0.85–1.02]

0.93 [0.85–1.02]

Congenital malformations of cardiac septa

0.83 [0.77–0.89]

0.89 [0.83–0.96]

0.92 [0.86–0.99]

At least one other LTD

1.05 [1.03–1.06]

0.92 [0.91–0.93]

0.93 [0.92–0.94]

  1. 95% CI 95% confidence interval, CMUC complementary universal health insurance coverage, LTD long term disease, ED emergency department