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Table 6 Odds ratio for being a frequent attender (n = 18,876) at OOH services in 2017 (n = 946,176 patients)

From: Frequent attenders at primary care out-of-hours services: a registry-based observational study in Norway

 

N

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

Gender

 Male (ref.)

457,965

  

 Female

488,211

1.17

1.13–1.20

Age groups

 16–69 (ref.)

590,010

  

 0–1

51,822

3.46

3.28–3.64

 2–15

167,658

0.71

0.67–0.75

 70+

136,686

1.57

1.51–1.64

Number of inhabitants in municipality

  > 50,000 (ref.)

337,545

  

 10,001–50,000

454,610

0.96

0.93–0.99

 5001–10,000

83,370

1.23

1.17–1.30

 2001–5000

57,123

1.27

1.19–1.34

  ≤ 2000

13,528

1.61

1.46–1.77

 Psychological diagnosis (ref. category: all other)

46,988

10.00

9.66–10.36

 Social diagnosis (ref. category: all other)

4025

5.97

5.45–6.53

 Cancer diagnosis (ref. category: all other)

3811

6.76

6.09–7.51

 Diabetes (ref. category: all other)

4383

4.65

4.18–5.18

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ref. category: all other)

7828

7.81

7.27–8.39