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Table 4 Discharge (hazard) ratio to Treatment (Burn Dressing, Burn Debridement, Split Skin Graft, and Allied Health Intervention)

From: Factors contributing to longer length of stay in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children hospitalised for burn injury

Discharge Ratio:

Stage 4 Treatment

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Other Australian

Burn Dressing

 No

Reference

Reference

 Less than 10%

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

 Greater than 10%

1.4 (0.9–2.3)

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

Sedation

 No

Reference

Reference

 Yes

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

1.0 (0.9–1.1)

Burn Debridement

 No

Reference

Reference

 Non-excisional

1.5 (1.0–2.2)

1.3 (1.2–1.5)

 Excisional

1.3 (1.0–1.8)

1.3 (1.2–1.4)

Split Skin Graft

 No

Reference

Reference

 Less than 3%

1.6 (1.1–2.2)

1.0. (0.9–1.1)

 Greater than 3%

2.0 (1.5–2.8)

1.6 (1.5–1.8)

Allied Health Intervention

 No

Reference

Reference

 Yes

1.6 (1.3–2.1)

2.2 (2.1–2.4)

  1. Allied Health: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, psychology, dietetics, speech pathology, audiology, prosthetics, orthotics, pharmacy