Changing role of EMS –analyses of non-conveyed and conveyed patients in Finland

Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression model (n = 14,874)

	Missing	Univariate			Multivariate
		OR	95% CI	р	OR	95% CI	р
Mission priority	210
C vs B		1.504	1.424–1.588	< 0.001	1.520	1.436–1.608	< 0.001
D vs B		1.548	1.459–1.643	< 0.001	1.629	1.527–1.736	< 0.001
B vs A		1.869	1.672–2.088	< 0.001	1.916	1.708–2.150	< 0.001
C vs A		2.810	2.524–3.127	< 0.001	2.912	2.605–3.256	< 0.001
D vs A		2.893	2.593–3.228	< 0.001	3.121	2.780–3.503	< 0.001
EMS units ALS vs BLS	142	1.187	1.124–1.253	< 0.001	1.240	1.170–1.315	< 0.001
EMS arrival time	231
16:00–00.00 vs 08:00–16.00		1.466	1.397–1.538	< 0.001	1.310	1.245–1.379	< 0.001
00:00–08:00 vs 08:00–16:00		1.835	1.733–1.943	< 0.001	1.711	1.610–1.818	< 0.001
00:00–08:00 vs 16:00–00:00		1.252	1.181–1.326	< 0.001	1.306	1.230–1.387	< 0.001
Distance to nearest health care facilities	1492
21-40 km vs < 5 km		1.188	1.118–1.261	< 0.001	1.147	1.077–1.221	< 0.001
21-40 km vs 5-20 km		1.238	1.167–1.314	< 0.001	1.233	1.159–1.311	< 0.001
21-40 km vs > 40 km		1.317	1.219–1.421	< 0.001	1.263	1.167–1.367	< 0.001
Age	204
< 15 vs 15–64		1.392	1.232–1.574	< 0.001	1.723	1.515–1.960	< 0.001
< 15 vs 65–85		1.727	1.528–1.952	< 0.001	2.078	1.828–2.363	< 0.001
< 15 vs > 85		2.027	1.784–2.303	< 0.001	2.419	2.114–2.768	< 0.001
15–64 vs 65–84		1.241	1.183–1.301	< 0.001	1.206	1.145–1.271	< 0.001
15–64 vs > 85		1.456	1.371–1.546	< 0.001	1.404	1.313–1.501	< 0.001
65–84 vs > 85		1.173	1.105–1.246	< 0.001	1.164	1.092–1.240	< 0.001
Gender female vs male	204	1.049	1.006–1.094	< 0,027	1.128	1.077–1.181	< 0.001
Alcohol		1.708	1.599–1.826	< 0.001	1.473	1.370–1.585	< 0.001

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