Table 1

Results of multinomial logistic regression for non-urgent accesses and of Poisson regression analysis

Variable		Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P values	Adjusted incidence rate ratio (95% CI)	P values
Age (years)	<1	1.00	–	1.02 (1.00 to 1.03)	0.009
	1–5	1.74 (1.69 to 1.79)	<0.001	1.21 (1.21 to 1.22)	<0.001
	6–11	2.27 (2.21 to 2.34)	<0.001	1.01 (1.01 to 1.02)	<0.001
	12–17	2.27 (2.20 to 2.34)	<0.001	1.00	–
Gender	Male	1.10 (1.08 to 1.12)	<0.001	1.01 (1.01 to 1.02)	<0.001
Gender	Female	1.00	–	1.00	–
Average income range of the city of residence	Low (€7142–€ 18 199)	1.37 (1.33 to 1.41)	<0.001	1.02 (1.01 to 1.03)	0.002
	Average (€18 200–€20 621)	1.10 (1.08 to 1.12)	<0.001	1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)	0.45
	High (€20 622–€46 657)	1.00	–	1.00	–
Out-of-hours access	Yes	1.09 (1.08 to 1.11)	<0.001	n.a.	n.a.
Out-of-hours access	No	1.00	–	n.a.	n.a.
Diagnostic category	Acute disease	2.45 (2.40 to 2.49)	<0.001	n.a.	n.a.
	Traumatic injury	1.60 (1.57 to 1.63)	<0.001	n.a.	n.a.
	Other	1.00	–	n.a.	n.a.
Local health unit (LHU) of residence	Highest versus lowest*	3.23 (3.03 to 3.43)	<0.001	1.19 (1.17 to 1.20)	<0.001

*LHU with the highest value of prevalence of emergency department access versus LHU with the lowest value.
n.a., not applicable.