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Table 2 Admission rates for each factor

From: Variation in admission rates between psychiatrists on call in a university teaching hospital

 

Number admitted

(n = 780)

Percent admittance (%)

x2 or F(df)

p value

Clinician factors

 Gender

  Female

243

55.4

4.7 (1)

0.030

  Male

537

49.2

 Years of practice

  

2.3 (1)

0.126

 PES training

126

40.9

15.7 (1)

< 0.0005

 Specialist/highly specialized

153

61.9

14.2 (1)

< 0.0005

 Specialty area

  Youth

192

48.6

1.2 (1)

0.273

  Geriatric

75

52.4

0.1 (1)

0.712

  Inpatient

140

58.3

6.2 (1)

0.013

  Outpatient

81

48.8

0.4 (1)

0.551

  Consultation liaison

20

51.3

0.0 (1)

0.970

  Women’s mental health

52

57.1

1.5 (1)

0.225

  Psycho-oncology

34

70.8

7.8 (1)

0.005

  OCD

24

55.8

0.4 (1)

0.520

  CBT

26

61.9

2.1 (1)

0.151

  Neuropsych

10

66.7

1.5 (1)

0.222

 Frequent care practice type among all physicians

  Outpatient

566

49.7

3.0 (1)

0.085

  Inpatient

214

54.7

Patient factors

 Gender

  Female

484

51.5

0.3 (1)

0.577

  Male

297

50.1

 Age

  

6.3 (1)

0.012

 Age groups

  Youth (14–21)

193

48.3

1.6 (1)

0.204

  General (22–64)

501

50.6

0.2 (1)

0.692

  Geriatrics (65+)

85

62.5

7.9 (1)

0.005

 Diagnoses (ICD-10-CM category)

  Dementia and delirium

16

76.2

5.4 (1)

0.020

  Substance-related disorders

44

44.4

1.8 (1)

0.179

  Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

179

74.3

62.1 (1)

< 0.’0005

  Bipolar and related disorders

94

72.9

27.0 (1)

< 0.0005

  Depressive disorders

168

48.0

1.6(1)

0.204

  Anxiety disorders

21

19.6

45.3 (1)

< 0.”0005

  Obsessive compulsive and related disorders

5

41.7

0.4 (1)

0.517

  Trauma and stress-related disorders

19

26.8

17.5 (1)

< 0.0005

  Dissociative disorders

2

66.7

0.3 (1)

0.586

  Somatic symptom and related disorders

0

0.0

3.1 (1)

0.077

  Eating disorders

0

0.0

1.0 (1)

0.308

  Personality disorders

15

55.6

0.2 (1)

0.631

  Neurodevelopmental disorders

1

100

1.0 (1)

0.327

  Miscellaneous diagnoses

216

46.5

5.5 (1)

0.019

 Multiple visits

244

54.3

2.9 (1)

0.090

 Previous admission

150

60.7

11.2 (1)

0.001

 Specialty match

  Yes

81

51.3

0.0 (1)

0.940

  No

699

50.9