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Table 3 Rate differences of resource use following a visit to the GPC

From: The impact of substituting general practitioners with nurse practitioners on resource use, production and health-care costs during out-of-hours: a quasi-experimental study

 

Experimental vs control arm

Experimental arm GP vs NP

  

95 % CI for exp b

 

95 % CI for exp b

 

B (SE)

Lower

Exp b

Upper

B (SE)

Lower

Exp b

Upper

Unadjusted estimates

X-ray

-.202* (.09)

.692

.817

.965

-.303 (.156)

.544

.738

1.002

Drug prescription

-.084* (.037)

.855

.919

.988

.246 *** (.072)

1.111

1.279

1.472

Referral ED

-.136* (.058)

.779

.873

.979

.866 *** (.152)

1.766

2.378

3.202

Adjusted estimates

X-ray

-.203 (.11)

.682

.816

1.006

-.168 (.19)

.588

.846

1.115

Drug prescription

-.09 (.05)

.838

.916

1.001

.317 *** (.077)

1.167

1.373

1.616

Referral ED

-.13 (.07)

.759

.877

1.014

.60** (.179)

1.277

1.814

2.576

  1. Tested within a logistic regression model. Adjusted estimates are adjusted for age, gender, urgency level and ICPC group
  2. * p < .05
  3. ** p < .01
  4. *** p < .001