Patient characteristics, univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors related to the specialist’s review outcome
| Items | Characteristics | Pass the review | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
| Variables | Frequency (%) | Not pass (Group A) | Pass (Group B) | Χ2 test | Logistic regression | |||
| Χ2 | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |||||
| Gender | 198.94 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Female | 35 859 (61.5) | 24 162 (67.4) | 11 697 (32.6) | 1.000 | ||||
| Male | 22 412 (38.5) | 13 819 (61.7) | 8593 (38.3) | 1.161 (1.119 to 1.205) | <0.001 | |||
| Age (years) | 154.93 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 18–34 | 9003 (15.5) | 5902 (65.6) | 3101 (34.4) | 1.000 | ||||
| 35–59 | 26 590 (45.6) | 17 939 (67.5) | 8651 (32.5) | 0.933 (0.886 to 0.981) | 0.007 | |||
| 60–74 | 18 405 (31.6) | 11 577 (62.9) | 6828 (37.1) | 1.075 (1.018 to 1.134) | 0.009 | |||
| Above 75 | 4273 (7.3) | 2563 (60.0) | 1710 (40.0) | 1.151 (1.066 to 1.243) | <0.001 | |||
| Title of the specialist | senior | 31 561 (54.2) | 21 854 (69.2) | 9707 (30.8) | 501.00 | <0.001 | 1.000 | |
| Associate senior | 26 710 (45.8) | 16 127 (60.4) | 10 583 (39.6) | 1.420 (1.371 to 1.471) | <0.001 | |||
| If having preference to pay with insurance or not | 0.004 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Yes | 42 089 (72.2) | 27 437 (65.2) | 14 652 (34.8) | N/A | N/A | |||
| No | 16 182 (27.8) | 10 544 (65.2) | 5638 (34.8) | N/A | ||||
| Whether having passed the review | Yes | 20 290 (34.8) | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
| No | 37 981 (65.2) | |||||||
| Nagelkerke R2 | 0.016 | |||||||
| Akaike information criterion | 52 335.946 | |||||||