Health Status of Nonemergency Patients in the Emergency Department Using the EQ-5D

Table 4

Factors affecting EQ-5D response.

Dependent variable	Independent variable	value	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Mobility	Age	0.009	1.341	1.076–1.672
	Employment status	0.013	1.662	1.115–2.479
	Onset time	<0.001	1.513	1.210–1.892
	Self-rated health	0.009	0.694	0.528–0.912
Self-care	Ethnicity	0.029	2.448	1.095–5.472
	Education	<0.001	0.479	0.318–0.720
	Travel mode	0.006
	Ambulance	0.007	18.709	2.204–158.843
	Onset time	<0.001	1.508	1.212–1.875
	Self-rated health status	<0.001	0.622	0.481–0.806
Usual activities	Employment status	0.016	1.609	1.091–2.374
	Travel mode	0.004
	Ambulance	0.013	7.896	1.55–40.001
	Onset time	0.002	1.420	1.142–1.765
	Self-rated health status	<0.001	0.592	0.455–0.770
	Self-assessment of urgency	0.010	1.420	1.088–1.853
Pain/discomfort	Travel mode	0.019
	Bus/subway	0.013	0.375	0.173–0.813
	Private car	0.026	0.421	0.196–0.903
	Onset time	<0.001	1.553	1.264–1.910
	Self-rated health status	0.028	0.755	0.588–0.971
Anxiety/depression	Onset time	<0.001	1.716	1.398–2.107
	Self-rated health status	<0.001	0.611	0.478–0.781