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Table 4 Odds ratio of emergency severity index, hospital admission, ICU admission, medical resources utilization for ESRD vs. non-ESRD patients, NHAMCS 2014–2016

From: Emergency department use by patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States

 

Crude odds ratio

Adjusted for

Demographics

+ Social economic

+ Visiting & Clinical

ESI Score: Immediate or Emergent vs. Semi- or Non-Urgent

10.07 (6.58–15.41)

6.98 (4.53–10.74)

6.74 (4.37–10.38)

4.72 (3.00–7.41)

ESI Score: Urgent vs. Semi- or Non-Urgent

3.98 (2.65–5.96)

3.33 (2.22–5.01)

3.24 (2.15–4.87)

2.46 (1.62–3.74)

Hospital Admission

4.83 (3.92–5.95)

3.32 (2.67–4.13)

3.30 (2.65–4.11)

2.70 (2.13–3.41)

ICU

5.36 (3.64–7.90)

3.25 (2.20–4.82)

3.07 (2.06–4.58)

2.21 (1.45–3.38)

Death

5.54 (2.81–10.89)

3.03 (1.53–6.01)

2.65 (1.33–5.30)

1.64 (0.76–3.55)

Left

0.97 (0.50–1.88)

1.23 (0.63–2.40)

1.08 (0.55–2.11)

0.93 (0.47–1.82)

Blood test

4.64 (3.53–6.09)

3.60 (2.73–4.74)

3.41 (2.59–4.49)

2.54 (1.89–3.40)

Any imaging

1.83 (1.47–2.27)

1.36 (1.09–1.70)

1.36 (1.09–1.70)

1.37 (1.09–1.72)

X-ray

2.34 (1.90–2.88)

1.73 (1.40–2.14)

1.69 (1.36–2.09)

1.79 (1.43–2.24)

CT

1.07 (0.83–1.38)

0.80 (0.62–1.03)

0.81 (0.63–1.05)

0.80 (0.61–1.05)

Ultrasound

0.67 (0.39–1.17)

0.86 (0.49–1.51)

0.88 (0.50–1.55)

0.84 (0.47–1.48)

MRI

2.14 (1.06–4.34)

1.58 (0.78–3.22)

1.66 (0.81–3.39)

1.92 (0.93–4.00)

Procedure

1.33 (1.08–1.63)

1.24 (1.01–1.52)

1.24 (1.01–1.52)

1.20 (0.97–1.47)

  1. Note: * + Demographics include: gender, age group, race/ethnicity; +Social economic: residence type, insurance type, census region; + Visiting & Clinical: year, week of day, arrive by ambulance, seen within last 72 h, pain level, temperature, heart rate, dialytic blood pressure, injury status, reason for visit