Variable | Rate ratio (95% CI) |
WPSS score | |
Urgent | 0.37 (0.23 to 0.60) |
Alert | 0.67 (0.51 to 0.87) |
Normal | Reference category |
Referrer | |
Ambulance | 0.31 (0.18 to 0.55) |
Specialist | 0.93 (0.63 to 1.36)* |
General practitioner | 0.67 (0.45 to 1.00) |
Self referred patients | Reference category |
Main complaint | |
Non external causes of disease | 4.37 (2.90 to 6.59) |
External or unknown causes of disease | Reference category |
Age | 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) |
Note 1: Nagelkerke pseudo R2=0.297.
Note 2: ESI 4 and 5 are the overall reference categories.
↵* Not statistically significant (p>0.05).
WPSS, Worthing Physiological Scoring System.