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Table 2 Adjusted hazard ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for predictors of ED re-visit for mental health care within 90 days of the index ED visit

From: Predicting time to emergency department re-visits and inpatient hospitalization among adolescents who visited an emergency department for psychotic symptoms: a retrospective cohort study

 

Number

Adjusted hazard ratio

95 % confidence interval

Sex × socioeconomic status proxy (interaction)

 Male, First Nations status vs. no subsidy/government sponsored program recipient/human services program recipient

17 vs. 99

0.84

0.32 to 2.17

 Female, First Nations status vs. no subsidy/government sponsored program recipient/human services program recipient

10 vs. 82

3.19

1.41 to 7.22

Number of physician follow-up visits for any reason within 30 days following index ED visit

 0 or 1

68

1.00

Reference

 Greater than 1

140

5.93

2.09 to 16.82

Facility type where follow-up visit occurred

 Hospital-based outpatient care

83

3.07

1.77 to 5.29

 No visit/community mental health facility/practitioner’s office/other

125

1.00

Reference