Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research
Staphylococcus aureus–associated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Ambulatory Care
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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