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Table 10 Logistic regression on single-day admissions for all DDs comparing local and external medical history (Hypothesis 3)

From: The impact of EHR and HIE on reducing avoidable admissions: controlling main differential diagnoses

Theory variables in the equation

All DDs ( N=43,030)

GE ( N=1,900)

AP ( N=7,511)

UTI ( N=2,909)

CP ( N=26,026)

PO ( N=4,684)

Local history viewed

1.130 (0.005)

1.149 (0.482)

1.024 (0.802)

0.883 (0.507)

1.109 (0.069)

1.028 (0.879)

Age

0.978 (<0.001)

0.986 (<0.001)

0.978 (<0.001)

0.989 (0.002)

0.971 (<0.001)

0.997 (0.423)

Gender

1.052 (0.066)

1.117 (0.343)

1.070 (0.266)

.856 (0.318)

0.921 (0.016)

1.183 (0.147)

HMO

0.898 (<0.001)

0.716 (0.016)

0.833 (0.006)

1.104 (0.616)

0.948 (0.177)

0.971 (0.846)

Constant

0.350 (0.031)

0.000 (1.000)

0.667 (0.478)

0.000 (0.999)

0.564 (0.649)

0.000 (0.999)