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Table 9 Determinants of healthcare resource use for paediatric febrile episodes

From: The cost of diagnostic uncertainty: a prospective economic analysis of febrile children attending an NHS emergency department

Coefficient

Ln(β)

Exp (β)

95% CI (β) low

95% CI (β) high

p value

0–3 months

1.265

3.543

2.589

4.85

0.001

3–6 months

0.791

2.207

1.544

3.155

0.001

6–12 months

0.171

1.186

0.924

1.524

0.180

3–6 years

− 0.164

0.848

0.705

1.021

0.082

6–10 years

− 0.046

0.954

0.738

1.235

0.724

10–16 years

0.656

1.927

1.399

2.654

0.001

Gender (male)

− 0.163

0.849

0.736

0.978

0.024

Time from book-in to triage

− 0.005

0.994

0.990

0.999

0.013

NICE HR

0.034

1.034

0.894

1.197

0.644

NICE RR

0.543

1.721

1.289

2.299

0.001

Time from triage to call in

− 0.001

0.999

0.997

1.000

0.357

APNP

− 0.555

0.573

0.374

0.878

0.011

FY1/FY2

1.161

3.193

2.017

5.055

0.001

ST1-3

− 0.161

0.851

0.670

1.081

0.187

Registrar

− 0.068

0.933

0.719

1.212

0.608

After hours**

0.147

1.159

0.867

1.548

0.317

Winter

− 0.215

0.806

0.695

0.934

0.004

MTS yellow

0.868

2.382

1.905

2.979

0.001

MTS orange

1.049

2.857

2.397

3.405

0.001

MTS red

1.096

2.992

1.762

5.081

0.001

  1. #Figures are exponentiated GLM (gamma, log) coefficients, interpreted as x-fold increases versus the reference group
  2. *Reference group age = 1–3 years, reference group clinical grade = consultants, reference group MTS classification = green
  3. **Between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 8 a.m. Monday to Friday, and all-day Saturday, Sunday, and bank holidays