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Table 3 Posterior means (95 % credible intervals) for the JA utilization and full models

From: A population‐based study to develop juvenile arthritis case definitions for administrative health data using model‐based dynamic classification

Variable

JA Utilization Modela

Full Modelb

JA Cases

Non-JA Controls

JA Cases

Non-JA Controls

JA-related visit

 Male

-0.60 (-0.97, -0.24)

-0.07 (-0.44, 0.28)

-0.59 (-0.95, -0.22)

-0.07 (-0.43,0.27)

 Urban

-0.24 (-0.59, 0.11)

-0.57 (-0.91, -0.22)

-0.24 (-0.60, 0.11)

-0.53 (-0.86,-0.18)

 Age

0.21 (0.19, 0.22)

0.17 (0.14, 0.20)

0.21 (0.19, 0.22)

0.17 (0.14,0.20)

 E(Intercept)

-1.76 (-2.09, -1.44)

-4.75 (-5.22, -4.28)

-1.77 (-2.11, -1.46)

-4.74 (-5.21,-4.28)

 SD(Intercept)

1.59 (1.44, 1.75)

1.06 (0.86, 1.27)

1.60 (1.44, 1.75)

1.03 (0.84,1.23)

# specialist visits

--

--

  

Male

--

--

-0.19 (-0.37, -0.02)

-0.13 (-0.32, 0.06)

Urban

--

--

0.55 (0.38, 0.71)

0.63 (0.45, 0.81)

Age

--

--

-0.04 (-0.05, -0.04)

-0.03 (-0.04, -0.03)

E(Intercept)

--

--

1.26 (1.12, 1.40)

0.91 (0.74, 1.07)

SD(Intercept)

--

--

0.80 (0.74, 0.86)

0.92 (0.85, 0.99)

Hospitalization

--

--

  

Male

--

--

0.24 (-0.03, 0.52)

0.02 (-0.23, 0.25)

Urban

--

--

-0.57 (-0.83, -0.32)

-0.58 (-0.80, -0.34)

Age

--

--

-0.11 (-0.13, -0.09)

-0.04 (-0.06, -0.03)

E(Intercept)

--

--

-1.46 (-1.72, -1.20)

-1.47 (-1.71, -1.24)

SD(Intercept)

--

--

0.87 (0.73, 1.01)

0.84 (0.73, 0.96)

# GP visits

--

--

  

Male

--

--

0.03 (-0.16, 0.24)

-0.02 (-0.22, 0.19)

Urban

--

--

-0.50 (-0.68, -0.30)

-0.46 (-0.66, -0.25)

Age

--

--

-0.11 (-0.11, -0.10)

-0.10 (-0.10, -0.09)

E(Intercept)

--

--

1.62 (1.46, 1.79)

1.45 (1.28, 1.63)

SD(Intercept)

--

--

0.94 (0.87, 1.02)

1.00 (0.92, 1.07)

  1. Note: Values in boldface font indicate the fixed effect estimate was statistically significant at α = 0.05: GP general practitioner; JA juvenile arthritis; E(Intercept) mean of random intercept; SD(Intercept) standard deviation of random intercept
  2. aJA utilization model contains one healthcare utilization variable: any JA-related healthcare contact; b Full model contains four healthcare utilization variables: (1) Any JA-related healthcare contact, (2) Number of specialist physician visits,(3) Hospitalization, (4) Number of general practitioner (GP) physician visits