Table 3

Associations between patient, area and GP level covariates and hospital admissions and mortality in PCT 1


Emergency admission



Asthma
Cancer
COPD
CHD

(N = 386)
(N = 566)
(N = 542)
(N = 819)

Patient-level; OR (95% CI)




Female
1.42 (1.17–1.75)
0.68 (0.57–0.80)
0.90 (0.76–1.07)
0.56 (0.48–0.64)
5-year age group
1.01 (0.99–1.03)
1.38 (1.34–1.41)
1.45 (1.42–1.49)
1.41 (1.38–1.44)
Area-level; OR (95% CI)




Income domain*
1.23 (1.14–1.32)
1.07 (1.00–1.14)
1.38 (1.29–1.48)
1.15 (1.08–1.22)
GP-level; OR (95% CI)




Additional Services*
1.04 (1.01–1.08)
1.00 (0.97–1.03)
1.02 (0.98–1.05)
1.03 (1.01–1.07)
Clinical*
1.05 (0.96–1.14)
0.99 (0.92–1.05)
0.99 (0.92–1.07)
0.97 (0.91–1.03)
Organisational*
0.95 (0.89–1.03)
1.02 (0.95–1.09)
0.98 (0.91–1.05)
0.98 (0.92–1.03)
Variance (95% CI)




Area-level
0.00 (0.00–0.03)
0.00 (0.00–0.02)
0.11 (0.00–0.19)
0.04 (0.01–0.11)
GP-level
0.01 (0.00–0.05)
0.01 (0.00–0.07)
0.02 (0.00–0.08)
0.01 (0.00–0.05)


Emergency admission
Mortality



Diabetes
Stroke
Other
All causes

(N = 164)
(N = 360)
(N = 18,784)
(N = 3,201)

Patient-level; OR (95% CI)




Female
0.81 (0.60–1.12)
0.91 (0.74–1.12)
1.10 (1.06–1.13)
0.69 (0.64–0.75)
5-year age group
1.13 (1.09–1.17)
1.55 (1.49–1.61)
1.14 (1.13–1.14)
1.68 (1.65–1.70)
Area-level; OR (95% CI)




Income domain*
1.21 (1.08–1.36)
1.10 (1.01–1.19)
1.14 (1.12–1.16)
1.10 (1.06–1.14)
GP-level; OR (95% CI)




Additional Services*
1.03 (0.98–1.10)
1.05 (1.01–1.11)
1.03 (1.01–1.04)
1.01 (0.99–1.03)
Clinical*
0.94 (0.83–1.05)
1.00 (0.92–1.10)
0.99 (0.96–1.03)
0.97 (0.92–1.01)
Organisational*
1.03 (0.92–1.16)
0.96 (0.89–1.04)
0.98 (0.95–1.02)
1.02 (0.98–1.07)
Variance (95% CI)




Area-level
0.01 (0.00–0.21)
0.00 (0.00–0.02)
0.01 (0.00–0.01)
0.05 (0.03–0.07)
GP-level
0.02 (0.00–0.16)
0.01 (0.00–0.04)
0.04 (0.03–0.06)
0.03 (0.01–0.06)

N = the number of admissions/deaths (out of 359,863); *Results per quartile increase in score

Downing et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:166   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-166