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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Staphylococcus aureus–associated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Ambulatory Care

Linda F. McCaig*Comments to Author , L. Clifford McDonald†, Sanjay Mandal†, and Daniel B. Jernigan†
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 5

Factors associated with ambulatory care visits for skin and soft tissue infection

Factor Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Setting
Physician office Referent
Emergency department* 2.0 (1.8–2.4)
Outpatient department 1.2 (1.0–1.4)
Age, y
<2 0.9 (0.6–1.4)
2–18 1.2 (1.0–1.6)
19–44 1.2 (1.0–1.5)
45–64 Referent
>65 0.7 (0.5–1.0)
Sex
Female Referent
Male* 1.2 (1.0–1.4)
Payment
Private insurance Referent
Medicaid* 1.4 (1.1–1.8)
Medicare 1.3 (0.9–1.9)
Uninsured 1.2 (0.9–1.5)
Other insurance 1.0 (0.7–1.3)
Region
Midwest Referent
Northeast 1.1 (0.9–1.5)
South* 1.3 (1.1–1.7)
West* 1.4 (1.1–1.8)

*p<0.05.

*p<0.05.

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