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Table 4 Selected linear regression models for health outcomes.

From: The association between continuity of care in the community and health outcomes: a population-based study

Explanatory variables (continuity of care indices)

B

Confidence interval (95%)

p value

  

Lower

Upper

 

Number of ED visits

UPC

0.16 -

0.29 -

0.03 -

0.019

MMCI

0.13 -

0.29 -

0.03

0.116

COC

0.18 -

0.29 -

0.07 -

0.001

SECON

0.16 -

0.27 -

0.05 -

0.004

Costs of ED visits

UPC

- 82

150 -

14 -

0.018

MMCI

60 -

142 -

21

0.148

COC

91 -

148 -

35 -

0.002

SECON

81 -

138 -

25 -

0.001

Costs of medical consultation visits

UPC

22

16 -

59

0.254

MMCI

49

5

94

0.030

COC

10

22 -

41

0.545

SECON

18

13 -

49

0.260

  1. Results are adjusted for sex, age, ethnic origin, marital status, residential area (urban vs. rural), socio-economic score of clinic, and selected underlying chronic conditions.
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

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