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Table 4 Fixed effects

From: Geographic inequalities in paediatric emergency department visits in Ontario and Alberta: a multilevel analysis of 2.5 million visits

Model

Effect

Estimate

SE

t-value

p-value

Lower

Upper

Model 1

Intercept

467.17

30.57

15.28

 < .0001

402.88

531.46

Model 2

Intercept

468.87

29.82

15.72

 < .0001

406.15

531.6

Age 0—4 (REF)

      

Age 5—9

-28.80

17.26

-1.67

0.0959

-62.71

5.12

Age 10—14

-53.87

15.83

-3.40

0.0007

-84.97

-22.77

Age 15—17

-1.78

17.22

-0.10

0.9175

-35.62

32.05

Male (REF)

      

Female

22.40

6.95

3.22

0.0014

8.74

36.06

Model 3

Intercept

445.74

25.00

17.83

 < .0001

392.96

498.51

Age 0—4 (REF)

      

Age 5—9

-1.88

16.11

-0.12

0.9074

-33.53

29.78

Age 10—14

-18.45

15.93

-1.16

0.2471

-49.74

12.84

Age 15—17

-12.40

16.71

-0.74

0.4584

-45.24

20.44

Male (REF)

      

Female

4.54

6.62

0.69

0.4935

-8.47

17.54

Material deprivation index

-308.56

227.08

-1.36

0.1748

-754.70

137.57

Social deprivation index

562.82

271.97

2.07

0.0390

28.47

1097.17

Healthcare facility

-324.41

32.95

-9.85

 < .0001

-389.14

-259.68

Family physician

171.76

75.28

2.28

0.0354

13.13

330.39

  1. CI confidence interval, REF reference category, SE standard error