Adjusted association between Pre-ED care-seeking patterns and severity of ED visit, and subsequent events.

<p>ED indicates emergency department; EDVS, ED visit severity; RED, had returned to ED; HA, had hospital admission.</p><p>^a Using generalized linear models with generalized estimating equation method based on gamma distribution with logarithmic link.</p><p>^b Using generalized linear models with generalized estimating equation mothed based on binominal distribution with logit link.</p><p>"99: XXXX*ⁿ" indicates the pattern 99 comprised n times consecutive visit of XXXX care type.</p><p>95% CI indicates 95% confidence interval. RG denotes reference group. "‡" indicates that p-value ≦ 0.001; "†" p-value ≦ 0.01; "+" p-value ≦ 0.05;</p><p>Adjusted association between Pre-ED care-seeking patterns and severity of ED visit, and subsequent events.