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Table 5 Percentage of visits and of patients resulting in re-presentation and adjusted odds ratios by housing status.

From: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of re-presentation to an Australian inner-city emergency department: implications for service delivery

Explanatory Variable

All Visits (n = 64,147)

All Patients (n = 40,942)

% Predicted by Model

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95%CI)

Housing status

    

Primary homeless

43.8 (n = 1097)

19.7 (n = 369)

32.0

3.54 (3.00, 4.21)

Secondary homeless

56.7 (n = 1279)

24.8 (n = 263)

38.6

4.68 (4.00, 5.62)

Tertiary homeless

43.5 (n = 1858)

23.3 (n = 441)

34.3

3.90 (3.38, 4.49)

Marginalized housing

48.3 (n = 2455)

21.8 (n = 522)

34.5

3.93 (3.45, 4.48)

Stable housing

14.5 (n = 57458)

5.9 (n = 39347)

11.8

Reference

  1. Note. Primary homeless: people living on the streets or in squats. Secondary homeless: people living in crisis accommodation. Tertiary homeless: people living in boarding houses. Marginalized housing: those people residing in public housing requiring rental assistance or those with other unstable rental arrangements. Stable, non homeless: people living in permanent accommodation.
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