Table 2 IRRs for emergency contacts with mental health liaison teams, psychiatric hospital admissions, inpatient bed-days and MHA admissions

From: Primary care consultation modality and acute mental health service use in adults

Covariate

N of emergency contacts with mental health liaison teams

N of psychiatric hospital admissions

N of inpatient bed-days

N of MHA admissions

Proportion of remote consultations (10-percentage-point increase)

1.04 [1.01, 1.07]*

1.03 [1.00, 1.07]

1.02 [0.95, 1.09]

1.03 [0.99, 1.07]

Sex (cf. male)

 Female

0.80 [0.63, 1.02]

1.02 [0.80, 1.30]

0.59 [0.45, 0.76]**

0.99 [0.74, 1.32]

Ethnicity (cf. white)

 Black, Black British, Caribbean or African

1.12 [0.89, 1.42]

1.74 [1.37, 2.20]**

1.24 [0.74, 2.08]

2.23 [1.63, 3.04]**

 Asian or Asian British

0.43 [0.21, 0.88]*

0.61 [0.31, 1.22]

0.33 [0.12, 0.90] *

0.79 [0.40, 1.56]

 Mixed or multiple ethnic groups

0.89 [0.69, 1.14]

1.01 [0.71, 1.43]

1.20 [0.75, 1.93]

1.31 [0.85, 2.01]

 Other ethnic group

0.56 [0.29, 1.08]

1.01 [0.38, 2.67]

0.63 [0.23, 1.76]

1.06 [0.33, 3.44]

Age

0.96 [0.96, 0.97]**

0.97 [0.96, 0.98]**

1.01 [0.99, 1.04]

0.97 [0.97, 0.98]**

IMD decile

0.87 [0.81, 0.93]**

0.91 [0.84, 0.99]*

1.17 [0.97, 1.42]

0.93 [0.84, 1.04]

History of anxiety

1.29 [1.07, 1.55]**

0.91 [0.72, 1.16]

0.87 [0.64, 1.19]

0.78 [0.58, 1.05]

History of depression

1.41 [1.07, 1.86]*

0.90 [0.74, 1.10]

0.68 [0.53, 0.87]**

0.71 [0.56, 0.92]**

History of SMI

17.47 [13.16, 23.21]**

45.18 [31.55, 64.70]**

43.84 [29.64, 64.85]**

72.38 [44.64, 117.36]**

Total GP consultations

1.07 [1.06, 1.09]**

1.05 [1.03, 1.08]**

1.03 [1.01, 1.06]*

1.02 [1.00, 1.05]

  1. All associations were estimated using two-sided GEEs clustering by GP practice and adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics, total number of consultations and subperiods.
  2. 95% CIs are reported in square brackets.
  3. * and ** indicate significance at the 95% and 99% level, respectively.
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