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Table 6 Odds ratios for (95% CI) type of response when primary care doctors were alerted for total area and in the three EMCC districts

From: Involvement in emergency situations by primary care doctors on-call in Norway - a prospective population-based observational study

Doctors responses*

Call-out

Await

Confer

Total area

   

   Not life-threatening condition (NACA) ¤

2.11 (1.69-2.62)

0.53 (0.42-0.67)

1.02 (0.76-1.39)

   Air ambulances on call-out ¤

0.64 (0.46-0.89)

1.22 (0.86-1.74)

4.02 (1.93-8.41)

   Population in the primary care districts

1.41 (1.30-1.53)

0.74 (0.75-1.31)

1.01 (0.90-1.13)

   Remote municipalities ¤

2.10 (1.58-2.79)

0.99 (0.68-0.80)

0.36 (0.24-0.53)

Area of Innlandet

   

   Not life-threatening condition (NACA) ¤

2.62 (1.60-4.29)

0.45 (0.25-0.80)

0.97 (0.57-1.66)

   Air ambulances on call-out ¤

0.31 (0.13-0.73)

1.36 (0.54-3.44)

10.6 (1.42-78.9)

   Population in the primary care districts

1.21 (1.01-1.46)

1.02 (0.84-1.25)

0.83 (0.68-1.00)

   Remote municipalities ¤

0.66 (0.32-1.35)

2.35 (1.21-4.54)

0.81 (0.40-1.61)

Area of Stavanger

   

   Not life-threatening condition (NACA) ¤

1.80 (1.30-2.47)

0.63 (0.45-0.87)

0.86 (0.43-1.70)

   Air ambulances on call-out¤

0.94 (0.60-1.46)

1.17 (0.75-1.85)

2.52 (0.74-8.62)

   Population in the primary care districts

1.71 (1.49-1.95)

0.58 (0.50-0.69)

1.06 (0.85-1.33)

   Remote municipalities¤

3.70 (1.79-7.67)

0.51 (0.21-1.25)

0.37 (0.13-1.08)

Area of Haugesund

   

   Not life-threatening condition (NACA) ¤

1.99 (1.32-3.00)

0.58 (0.37-0.90)

0.99 (0.61-1.60)

   Air ambulances on call-out¤

0.45 (0.21-0.98)

1.73 (0.68-4.40)

2.08 (0.69-6.30)

   Population in the primary care districts

1.30 (1.07-1.57)

0.94 (0.78-1.14)

0.76 (0.61-0.94)

   Remote municipalities¤

0.97 (0.52-1.82)

0.53 (0.26-1.09)

2.45 (1.31-4.56)

  1. * Selected cases; doctors not alerted in the primary care system are excluded
  2. ¤ Dichotomised variables, reference value = 1