Table 1 Consultation and patient characteristics with sex comparison
Variables | Sex | Odds Ratio | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female (n = 529) | Male (n = 1097) | Adjusted Odds Ratio | (95% CI) | ||
Age [years] | 17 (16–18) | 17 (16–18) | 1.245 | (1.096;1.414) | 0.001 |
Sex | |||||
Female | 529 (100-0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.000 | (Baseline) | |
Day oft the week | |||||
Monday | 73 (13.8) | 154 (14.0) | 1.000 | (Baseline) | |
Tuesday | 67 (12.7) | 139 (12.7) | 0.983 | (0.657;1.472) | 0.935 |
Wednesday | 67 (12.7) | 141 (12.9) | 0.998 | (0.667;1.492) | 0.991 |
Thursday | 73 (13.8) | 108 (9.8) | 0.701 | (0.467;1.054) | 0.088 |
Friday | 84 (15.9) | 130 (11.8) | 0.734 | (0.496;1.085) | 0.120 |
Saturday | 68 (12.9) | 202 (18.4) | 1.408 | (0.952;2.082) | 0.086 |
Sunday | 97 (18.3) | 223 (20.3) | 1.090 | (0.755;1.572) | 0.646 |
Shift of admission | |||||
Day (6am to 5 pm) | 250 (47.3) | 530 (48.3) | 1.000 | (Baseline) | |
Evening (5pm to 10pm) | 171 (32.3) | 316 (28.8) | 0.872 | (0.686;1.107) | 0.261 |
Night (10pm to 6 am) | 108 (20.4) | 251(22.9) | 1.096 | (0.836;1.438) | 0.506 |
Saturday or Sunday admission | 165 (31.2) | 425 (38.7) | 1.395 | (1.119;1.739) | 0.003 |
Public and cantonal (Bern) holidays | 10 (1.9) | 14 (1.3) | 0.671 | (0.296;1.521) | 0.339 |
Type of admission | |||||
Ambulance | 65 (12.3) | 143 (13.0) | 1.000 | (Baseline) | |
General Practitioner | 13 (2.5) | 24 (2.2) | 0.839 | (0.402;1.752) | 0.640 |
External Hospital | 16 (3.0) | 50 (4.6) | 1.420 | (0.753;2.680) | 0.278 |
Police | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0.909 | (0.081;10.206) | 0.938 |
Air Rescue | 25 (4.7) | 41 (3.7) | 0.745 | 0.319 | |
Repatriation | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 0.455 | (0.418;1.328) | 0.579 |
Walk-In | 346 (65.4) | 681 (62.1) | 0.895 | (0.028;7.380) | 0.469 |
Internal Referral | 1 (0.2) | 9 (0.8) | 4.091 | (0.649;1.233) | 0.186 |
Urgent care centre/doctor Other | 6 (1.1) 1 (0.2) | 12 (1.1) 0 (0.0) | 0.909 - | (0.508;32.965) (0.327;2.528) | 0.855 - |
No Information | 54 (10.2) | 134 (12.2) | 1.128 | - (0733;1.736) | 0.584 |
Documented walk-in | 346 (65.4) | 681 (62.1) | 0.866 | (0.697;1.075) | 0.193 |
Triage | |||||
Life-threatening = ESI 1 | 31 (5.9) | 62 (5.7) | 1.000 | (Baseline) | |
High urgent = ESI 2 | 75 (14.2) | 187 (17.0) | 1.247 | (0.750;2.071) | 0.395 |
Urgent = ESI 3 | 382 (72.2) | 758 (69.1) | 0.992 | (0.634;1.553) | 0.973 |
Semi-urgent = ESI 4 | 32(6.0) | 67 (6.1) | 1.047 | (0.573;1.913) | 0.882 |
Non-urgent = ESI 5 | 2 (0.4) | 11 (1.0) | 2.750 | (0.574;13.180) | 0.206 |
Missing | 7 (1.3) | 12 (1.1) | 0.857 | (0.307;2.394) | 0.769 |
Documented high urgency | 106 (20.0) | 249 (22.7) | 1.172 | (0.908;1.513) | 0.224 |