Table 5 Unadjusted/adjusted ORs of admissions according to sociodemographic/ER visit characteristics of paediatric patients during 2018

Sex

 Males

 Females

1.00 (0.89–1.13)

1.06 (0.93–1.20)

Age group

 Neonates (>  29 days)

4.88 (3.41–6.97)

3.85 (2.57–5.76)

 Infants (29 > 11 months)

1.79 (1.51–2.13)

1.89 (1.56–2.28)

 Toddler (1–3 years)

 Pre-schooler (4–6 years)

0.85 (0.70–1.04)

0.91 (0.74–1.13)

 Schooler (7–12 years)

1.36 (1.16–1.60)

1.09 (0.90–1.31)

 Adolescent (13–14 years)

1.23 (0.96–1.58)

0.84 (0.63–1.12)

Complaint^a

 Cardiology

5.95 (2.14–1.64)

2.61 (0.75–9.11)

 Dermatology

0.97 (0.57–1.64)

1.16 (0.68–1.98)

 Endocrine

54.87 (38.93–77.33)

34.89 (23.65–51.47)

 ENT

0.89 (0.58–1.38)

1.15 (0.71–1.58)

Fever

 Genitourinary

6.23 (3.87–10.04)

6.66 (4.08–10.86)

 GI

2.41 (1.89–3.07)

2.06 (1.60–2.66)

 Haematology

73.43 (55.17–97.73)

65.49 (47.85–89.64)

 Ophthalmology

0.72 (0.33–1.55)

0.86 (−.39–1.86)

 Musculoskeletal

1.07 (0.39–2.91)

1.04 (0.32–3.32)

 Neurology

10.02 (6.91–14.54)

6.19 (4.07–9.43)

 Respiratory

2.85 (2.30–3.54)

2.65 (2.12–3.32)

 Surgery

4.99 (2.97–8.39)

5.42 (3.14–9.35)

 Toxicology

8.56 (5.62–13.03)

4.50 (2.82–7.15)

 Trauma

2.64 (2.05–3.40)

2.30 (1.75–3.02)

 Others

4.73 (3.46–6.47)

4.78 (3.38–6.76)

Triage

 I

49.54 (11.07–221.70)

19.02 (2.70–133.76)

 II

15.92 (4.11–61.98)

10.66 (1.98–57.23)

 III

6.25 (5.26–7.43)

4.08 (3.30–5.04)

 IV

 V

0.26 (0.20–0.32)

0.30 (0.23–0.38)

Shift

 Morning

1.30 (1.14–1.50)

1.14 (0.98–1.32)

 Evening

 Night

1.15 (0.99–1.34)

1.10 (0.93–1.30)

Season

 Winter (Dec, Jan, Feb)

 Spring (Mar, Apr, May)

0.94 (0.79–1.12)

0.83 (0.69–0.99)

Autumn (Sep, Oct, Nov)

0.97 (0.83–1.14)

0.94 (0.79–1.10)

Summer (Jun, Jul, Aug)

0.97 (0.81–1.16)

0.84 (0.69–1.01)