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Table 3 Difference in unplanned admissions between a high (90th centile) and low (10th centile) practice for selected conditionsa

From: How do population, general practice and hospital factors influence ambulatory care sensitive admissions: a cross sectional study

 

All ACSCs Combined

Alcohol- Related Diseases

COPD

Dehydration and Gastro

ENT Infections

Hypertension

Hip Fracture

Stroke

Practice characteristics

 Deprivation

16 (14,18)

44 (35,54)

36 (30,42)

8 (5,11)

7 (3,12)

7 (−5,20)

7 (3,11)

12 (8,16)

 A&E Distance

 Furthest Away

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  2nd Quartile

5 (4, 6)

9 (3,15)

6 (2,10)

8 (5,10)

4 (0, 7)

3 (−6,12)

−1 (−3, 2)

3 (0, 5)

  3rd Quartile

7 (5, 8)

15 (8,23)

10 (6,14)

9 (6,12)

4 (0, 8)

8 (−2,19)

−1 (−4, 1)

1 (−2, 4)

 Closest

8 (7,10)

21 (13,29)

10 (5,14)

14 (11,17)

11 (7,16)

12 (2,24)

−3 (−6,−0)

2 (−1, 5)

 Continuity

−9 (−11,−8)

−7 (−11,−2)

−13 (−16,−10)

−7 (−9,−5)

−10 (−13,−7)

−20 (−26,−13)

−0 (−3, 3)

−2 (−5, 0)

 Access

−1 (−2, 0)

1 (−3, 6)

−1 (−4, 2)

−2 (−4, 0)

−0 (−3, 2)

−2 (−9, 5)

1 (−1, 4)

2 (−1, 4)

 Quality

−2 (−3,−1)

−4 (−7,−1)

−1 (−3, 1)

−1 (−3, 0)

−3 (−5,−1)

−4 (−10, 2)

1 (−1, 3)

−1 (−3, 1)

 Size

−2 (−3,−1)

2 (−3, 6)

0 (−3, 3)

−1 (−3, 1)

1 (−2, 4)

−1 (−8, 6)

2 (0, 4)

0 (−2, 2)

PCT characteristics

 Bed Availability

12 (8,17)

39 (21,60)

16 (9,23)

24 (16,32)

25 (12,41)

24 (9,40)

−1 (−4, 2)

5 (1, 9)

 % Day Cases

17 (12,21)

12 (−3,29)

9 (4,14)

28 (20,37)

183 (149,222)

1 (−11,14)

0 (−3, 3)

2 (−1, 6)

  1. aAfter adjustment age, sex and chronic disease prevalence (atrial fibrillation, asthma, cancer, CKD, COPD, dementia, epilepsy, heart failure, hypertension, learning disability, mental health problems, obesity and stroke) and each of the factors listed in the table