Table 4. Unadjusted and adjusted models of primary care use after discharge for those who died by suicide (n = 520) compared with their discharged counterparts (n = 8354)

	Unadjusted			Fully adjusted^a
Characteristic	OR	95% CI	P value	AOR	95% CI	P value
Consultation frequency
Low	1			1
Medium	1.14	0.91 to 1.43	0.25	1.15	0.85 to 1.57	0.36
High	1.44	1.15 to 1.79	0.001	1.17	0.84 to 1.64	0.36
Timing of first consultation
Within 2 weeks	1.04	0.81 to 1.34	0.78	0.61	0.42 to 0.89	0.01
After 2 weeks	1.09	0.82 to 1.44	0.55	0.71	0.50 to 1.01	0.06
No consultation	1			1
Consultation in the week before death by suicide	1.79	1.47 to 2.18	<0.001	1.71	1.36 to 2.15	<0.001
Number of psychotropic medication types prescribed
0	1			1
1	0.89	0.67 to 1.18	0.42	0.91	0.67 to 1.24	0.55
2	1.32	1.01 to 1.73	0.04	1.20	0.89 to 1.61	0.24
≥3	2.31	1.78 to 2.98	<0.001	1.73	1.28 to 2.33	<0.001
Tricyclic antidepressants prescribed	1.63	1.19 to 2.24	0.002	1.26	0.90 to 1.75	0.18
Readmission to inpatient psychiatric care	3.14	2.56 to 3.84	<0.001	2.93	2.38 to 3.62	<0.001
Primary diagnosis at discharge
Schizophrenia	1			1
Bipolar disorder	1.70	1.08 to 2.67	0.02	1.48	0.94 to 2.35	0.09
Depression	2.64	1.90 to 3.67	<0.001	2.28	1.62 to 3.21	<0.001
Anxiety, adjustment, and related disorders	2.86	1.99 to 4.10	<0.001	2.55	1.75 to 3.72	<0.001
Substance misuse	1.02	0.68 to 1.51	0.93	1.01	0.67 to 1.52	0.97
Personality disorders	3.03	1.83 to 5.02	<0.001	2.33	1.37 to 3.95	0.002
All other codes	1.25	0.88 to 1.78	0.21	1.14	0.79 to 1.63	0.49
Length of stay, days
0–7	1			1
8–29	1.02	0.82 to 1.27	0.83	1.02	0.81 to 1.28	0.86
30–89	0.92	0.71 to 1.19	0.50	0.88	0.67 to 1.16	0.36
≥90	0.51	0.32 to 0.79	0.003	0.58	0.37 to 0.93	0.02
≥1 comorbidities at baseline	0.77	0.60 to 0.99	0.04	0.74	0.58 to 0.96	0.02

^aAlso adjusted for source dataset. Bold values indicate statistical significance. AOR = adjusted odds ratio. OR = odds ratio.