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Table 2 Odds ratios for (95 % CI) type of response when primary care doctors were alerted for total area and in the three EMCC districts

From: Erratum to: 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) ¤

0.51 (0.41-0.63)

1.78 (1.41-2.25)

1.02 (0.76-1.39)

 Air ambulances on call-out ¤

1.53 (1.12-2.10)

0.78 (0.54-1.12)

4.02 (1.93-8.41)

 Population in the primary care districts

0.74 (0.68-0.80)

1.34 (1.23-1.45)

1.01 (0.90-1.13)

 Remote municipalities ¤

0.47 (0.36-0.62)

0.97 (0.73-1.29)

0.36 (0.24-0.53)

Area of Innlandet

   

 Not life-threatening condition (NACA)

0.39 (0.25-0.61)

2.23 (1.25-3.97)

1.03 (0.60-1.78)

 Air ambulances on call-out ¤

2.16 (1.10-4.24)

0.73 (0.29-1.85)

0.10 (0.01-0.71)

 Population in the primary care districts

0.82 (0.69-0.97)

0.98 (0.80-1.19)

1.21 (1.00-1.47)

 Remote municipalities ¤

1.51 (0.78-2.93)

0.43 (0.22-0.83)

1.24 (0.62-2.48)

Area of Stavanger

   

 Not life-threatening condition (NACA)

0.58 (0.42-0.80)

1.60 (1.15-2.20)

1.17 (0.59-2.33)

 Air ambulances on call-out¤

1.05 (0.68-1.62)

0.85 (0.54-1.34)

0.40 (0.12-1.36)

 Population in the primary care districts

0.62 (0.55-0.70)

1.71 (1.45-2.01)

0.94 (0.75-1.18)

 Remote municipalities¤

0.32 (0.16-0.62)

1.98 (0.80-4.88)

2.72 (0.92-8.03)

Area of Haugesund

   

 Not life-threatening condition (NACA)

0.46 (0.32-0.71)

1.74 (1.11-2.73)

1.02 (0.63-1.64)

 Air ambulances on call-out¤

2.26 (1.01-4.81)

0.58 (0.23-1.48)

0.48 (0.16-1.46)

 Population in the primary care districts

0.76 (0.64-0.92)

1.06 (0.88-1.29)

1.32 (1.07-1.64)

 Remote municipalities¤

0.96 (0.52-1.79)

1.89 (0.91-3.90)

0.41 (0.22-0.76)

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