Clinical Study
Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors, Comorbidity, and Health Service Use in Australian Children
Table 3
Prevalence and cross-sectional association between ear infection and health service use.
| Health services | Children aged 4 to 5 years | Children aged 10 to 11 years | % () | Ear infection % prevalence () | Odds ratios and value | % () | Ear infection % prevalence () | Odds ratios and value |
| General practitioners | | | | | | | No | | 6.2 (66) | OR = 1.00 | | 1.6 (26) | OR = 1.00 | Yes | 63.2% (3115) | 8.4 (263) | OR = 1.38; P = 0.022 | 61.8% (2573) | 4.4 (113) | OR = 2.76; P < 0.001 | Hospital outpatients | | | | | | | No | | 7.2 (272) | OR = 1.00 | | 3.2 (127) | OR = 1.00 | Yes | 8.3% (409) | 13.9 (57) | OR = 2.08; P < 0.001 | 5.6% (231) | 5.2 (12) | OR = 1.64;
| Pediatrician | | | | | | | No | | | | | 3.2 (124) | OR = 1.00 | Yes | | N/A | | 6.3% (264) | 5.7 (15) | OR = 1.83; P = 0.031 | Early intervention services | | | | | | | No | | 7.7 (280) | OR = 1.00 | | 3.2 (133) | OR = 1.00 | Yes | 8.3% (415) | 9.1 (49) | OR = 1.20;
| 1.5% (64) | 9.4 (6) | OR = 3.08; P = 0.010 | Speech therapy | | | | | | | No | | 7.3 (266) | OR = 1.00 | | 3.2 (128) | OR = 1.00 | Yes | 10.9% (538) | 12.3 (63) | OR = 1.79; P < 0.001 | 10.4% (513) | 9.6 (11) | OR = 3.24; P < 0.001 | Other specialist | | | | | | | No | | | | | 3.0 (109) | OR = 1.00 | Yes | | N/A | | 11.8% (492) | 6.1 (30) | OR = 2.12; P < 0.001 |
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