Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression models for predictors of high-acuity outcomes among 10–17-year-old adolescents utilizing pediatric emergency services in Taiwan, by sex

Sex

 Female

Ref

 Male

0.90 (0.82–0.98)

Age Group (years)

 10–12

Ref

Ref

Ref

 13–15

1.04 (0.94–1.15)

1.01 (0.88–1.15)

1.10 (0.93–1.30)

 16–17

1.23 (1.10–1.37)

1.26 (1.09–1.46)

1.18 (0.99–1.42)

Triage Level

 Level 1

2.27 (1.71–3.00)

2.51 (1.70–3.71)

1.94 (1.21–3.10)

 Level 2

1.98 (1.45–2.71)

2.15 (1.47–3.15)

1.84 (1.20–2.83)

 Level 3

1.24 (0.93–1.66)

1.36 (0.94–1.96)

1.10 (0.73–1.66)

 Level 4

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Level 5

0.75 (0.41–1.35)

0.82 (0.36–1.85)

0.68 (0.26–1.76)

Time of the ED Visit

 08:00–15:59

0.90 (0.77–1.06)

0.92 (0.74–1.15)

0.88 (0.68–1.14)

 16:00–23:59

0.93 (0.79–1.10)

0.96 (0.77–1.19)

0.89 (0.68–1.16)

 00:00–07:59

Ref

Ref

Ref

Number of Abnormal Vital Signs

 0

Ref

Ref

Ref

 1

1.21 (0.89–1.64)

1.29 (0.84–1.97)

1.14 (0.72–1.81)

 2

1.59 (1.08–2.34)

1.67 (1.03–2.73)

1.51 (0.84–2.71)

 ≥3

1.91 (1.27–2.87)

2.12 (1.27–3.52)

1.74 (0.95–3.19)

Glasgow Coma Scale

 15

Ref

Ref

Ref

 13–14

0.49 (0.26–0.94)

0.52 (0.21–1.27)

0.44 (0.18–1.10)

 9–12

1.15 (0.40–3.30)

1.29 (0.31–5.33)

0.94 (0.16–5.64)

 3–8

3.41 (0.77–15.15)

4.89 (0.68—35.32)

2.56 (0.33–19.66)

Chief Complaints

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders

2.10 (1.52–2.91)

(1) 227.63 (110.14–470.43)

(2) 4.04 (1.90–8.58)

2.27 (1.46–3.55)

1.97 (1.31–2.98)

Diseases of the nervous system

1.34 (1.08–1.68)

(1) 2.64 (1.05–6.62)

(2) 1.54 (1.21–1.96)

(4) 1.35 (1.05–1.73)

1.43 (1.05–1.93)

1.30 (0.97–1.74)

Eye diseases

--

--

1.47 (1.01–2.17)

--

Ear diseases

1.50 (1.02–2.21)

(1) 3.73 (1.25–11.10)

(2) 1.53 (1.10–2.13)

1.62 (1.01–2.58)

1.44 (0.86–2.41)

Diseases of the circulatory system

1.56 (1.14–2.15)

(1) 2.65 (1.03–6.85)

(2) 1.46 (1.06–2.00)

1.67 (1.13–2.47)

1.50 (0.99–2.28)

Diseases of the genitourinary system

1.29 (1.01–1.66)

--

1.35 (1.01–1.82)

1.25 (0.89–1.74)

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

1.95 (1.02–3.73)

(1) 5.44 (1.16–25.62)

(2) 2.05 (1.07–3.93)

2.08 (1.02–4.24)

1.78 (0.75–4.27)

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

1.32 (1.01–1.73)

(2) 1.35 (1.02–1.78)

1.45 (1.01–2.08)

--

Fever

1.28 (1.01–1.62)

--

1.30 (0.93–1.81)

1.33 (0.93–1.89)

Headache

0.74 (0.58–0.95)

(2) 0.69 (0.52–0.91)

--

0.72 (0.54–0.96)

Poisoning

1.38 (1.06–1.81)

(2) 1.42 (1.07–1.89)

1.48 (1.04–2.10)

1.36 (0.94–1.96)

Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) Value

10,961.46

6,091.34

4,855.94