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Original Research

Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated with Contacts to Emergency Medical Services and Out-of-Hours Primary Care: An Observational Study of 2.3 Million Citizens

Morten Breinholt Søvsø1 Centre for Prehospital and Emergency Research, Aalborg University and Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;2 Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bodil Hammer Bech3 Department of Public Health, Research Unit for Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0287-3687
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Helle Collatz Christensen4 Emergency Medical Services, Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-7149
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Linda Huibers2 Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, Denmark
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Erika Frischknecht Christensen1 Centre for Prehospital and Emergency Research, Aalborg University and Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-9694
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Morten Bondo Christensen2 Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8342-7418
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Pages 393-401 | Published online: 15 Apr 2020

Figures & data

Table 1 Population Characteristics Separated by Contact Type, N= 2,374,673

Figure 1 Forest plot of the ratio of contact rates for each sociodemographic variable, adjusted IRR 95% CI, N=2,374,673.

Notes: Missing values in variables education level (151,162) and socioeconomic classification (168); thus analyses only included 1,932,196 and 2,374,505 individuals for the two variables.
Figure 1 Forest plot of the ratio of contact rates for each sociodemographic variable, adjusted IRR 95% CI, N=2,374,673.

Figure 2 Forest plot of the association between sociodemographic variables and adjusted odds ratios for EMS vs OOH-PC, OR 95% CI, N=619,857.

Notes: Missing values in variables education level (151,162) and socioeconomic classification (26); thus analyses only included 468,695 and 619,831 individuals for the two variables.
Figure 2 Forest plot of the association between sociodemographic variables and adjusted odds ratios for EMS vs OOH-PC, OR 95% CI, N=619,857.

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