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Table 6 Logistic regression models comparing high-cost health care users and not high-cost use, excluding long-term care residents, by health profile category, Saskatchewan, April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2017 (n = 1,175,147). High-cost users within major cancer health profile group (Total n = 8711; High-cost users n = 872)

From: Defining ‘actionable’ high- costhealth care use: results using the Canadian Institute for Health Information population grouping methodology

Predictor

Odds ratio

95% CI

Length of hospital stay > = 3 days (=yes)

23.11

13.82–38.65

High emergency department visits (=yes)

1.59

1.36–1.85

History of hospitalization (=yes)

1.61

1.26–2.05

Home care (=yes)

2.36

2.01–2.78

Multiple (> = 3) chronic conditions (=yes)

1.68

1.44–1.97