Table 4 Factors influencing patient hospitalization from the emergency department – conditional logistic regression

Visitor type

Irregular migrants

0.8 (0.7–0.9)

P < 0.001

Israeli citizens

1

ED division

Internal

1.4 (1.3–1.5)

P < 0.001

Surgical

1

Shift

Evening

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

N.S

Night

0.9 (0.8–0.9)

P < 0.000

Morning

1

Day of the week

Sun

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

P < 0.005

Mon-Thu

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

P < 0.002

Fri-Sat

1

Mode of referral

Health institute

1.7 (1.6–1.8)

P < 0.001

Employer

0.5 (0.3–0.8)

P < 0.008

Self-referral

1

Patient complaint

Violence

0.7 (0.6–0.9)

P < 0.003

Industrial accident

0.3 (0.3–0.4)

P < 0.001

Road accident

0.2 (0.2–0.3)

P < 0.001

Unknown

1.6 (0.9–2.8)

P < 0.066

Illness

1

Length of stay (hour)

0.9 (0.9–1.0)

P < 0.001