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Table 2 Results of multivariable logistic regression

From: Medical emergency teams are associated with reduced mortality across a major metropolitan health network after two years service: a retrospective study using government administrative data

  

Odds ratio

P-value

95% Confidenceintervals

    

Lower

Upper

MET (pre-MET base)

MET 0 to 2 yrs

0.99

0.553

0.96

1.02

 

MET 2 to 4 yrs

0.93

< 0.001

0.91

0.96

 

MET > 4 yrs

0.90

< 0.001

0.88

0.92

Year (1999 to 2000 base)

2000-01

1.16

< 0.001

1.11

1.20

 

2001-02

1.67

< 0.001

1.61

1.74

 

2002-03

1.10

< 0.001

1.06

1.14

 

2003-04

1.06

< 0.01

1.02

1.10

 

2004-05

0.95

< 0.05

0.92

0.99

 

2005-06

0.91

< 0.001

0.87

0.94

 

2006-07

0.87

< 0.001

0.84

0.91

 

2007-08

0.90

< 0.001

0.86

0.93

 

2008-09

0.89

< 0.001

0.86

0.93

 

2009-10

0.81

< 0.001

0.77

0.84

Age (< 40 yrs base)

40 to 49

1.67

< 0.001

1.58

1.77

 

50 to 59

2.31

< 0.001

2.19

2.42

 

60 to 69

3.33

< 0.001

3.18

3.48

 

70 to 79

5.52

< 0.001

5.29

5.77

 

80+

11.99

< 0.001

11.49

12.52

Gender

Male

1.05

< 0.001

1.03

1.06

Hospital level (base = metropolitan)

Tertiary

0.87

< 0.001

0.85

0.88

Multiday admission

Yes

1.84

< 0.001

1.80

1.89

ICU admission

Yes

3.40

< 0.001

3.27

3.53

Ventilation

Yes

4.57

< 0.001

4.38

4.76

Emergency admission

Yes

9.18

< 0.001

8.90

9.46

Acute myocardial infarction

Yes

2.14

< 0.001

2.08

2.19

Congestive cardiac failure

Yes

2.36

< 0.001

2.31

2.41

Peripheral vascular disease

Yes

2.18

< 0.001

2.10

2.25

Cerebrovascular disease

Yes

4.18

< 0.001

4.06

4.30

Dementia

Yes

2.08

< 0.001

2.02

2.15

Chronic obstructive airways disease

Yes

1.51

< 0.001

1.47

1.55

Rheumatoid arthritis

Yes

1.46

< 0.001

1.31

1.61

Peptic ulcer disease

Yes

1.09

< 0.05

1.02

1.17

Mild liver disease

Yes

1.39

< 0.001

1.31

1.48

Hemi/paraplegia

Yes

1.28

< 0.001

1.23

1.33

Chronic kidney disease

Yes

1.70

< 0.001

1.67

1.74

Cancer

Yes

3.31

< 0.001

3.22

3.41

Mod/severe liver disease

Yes

7.09

< 0.001

6.68

7.53

Metastatic cancer

Yes

2.89

< 0.001

2.79

2.99

AIDS

Yes

4.85

< 0.001

4.11

5.72

Indigenous ethnicity

Yes

1.44

< 0.001

1.28

1.61

  1. MET, medical emergency team.