Table 3

Sensitivity analysis of the repeated measures mixed models: clinical subgroups

Outcome	PAM level (vs 1)	No mental health long-term conditions	Mental health long-term condition	2+ Long-term conditions	3+ Long-term conditions
Outcome	PAM level (vs 1)	Rate ratio (CI)	Rate ratio (CI)	Rate ratio (CI)	Rate ratio (CI)
Contact with a general practitioner	2	0.93 (0.89 to 0.98)	0.88 (0.83 to 0.94)	0.93 (0.89 to 0.97)	0.94(0.89 to 1.00)
	3	0.87 (0.84 to 0.91)	0.87 (0.82 to 0.92)	0.88 (0.85 to 0.92)	0.89 (0.85 to 0.94)
	4	0.84 (0.79 to 0.89)	0.79 (0.72 to 0.86)	0.81 (0.77 to 0.86)	0.86 (0.80 to 0.93)
Emergency department attendance	2	0.76 (0.67 to 0.87)	0.77 (0.65 to 0.92)	0.83 (0.73 to 0.93)	0.84 (0.72 to 0.98)
	3	0.74 (0.66 to 0.83)	0.71 (0.61 to 0.82)	0.77 (0.69 to 0.85)	0.77 (0.67 to 0.88)
	4	0.71 (0.61 to 0.82)	0.65 (0.52 to 0.81)	0.68 (0.59 to 0.80)	0.68 (0.56 to 0.84)
Elective admission	2	0.85 (0.72 to 1.00)	0.83 (0.65 to 1.06)	0.88 (0.75 to 1.03)	0.82 (0.66 to 1.01)
	3	0.79 (0.69 to 0.92)	0.74 (0.60 to 0.90)	0.83 (0.72 to 0.95)	0.90 (0.75 to 1.07)
	4	0.85 (0.70 to 1.03)	0.68 (0.49 to 0.93)	0.82 (0.68 to 1.01)	0.82 (0.63 to 1.07)
Emergency admission	2	0.76 (0.62 to 0.92)	0.65 (0.49 to 0.85)	0.69 (0.58 to 0.83)	0.65 (0.52 to 0.81)
	3	0.69 (0.58 to 0.81)	0.62 (0.50 to 0.77)	0.69 (0.59 to 0.80)	0.71 (0.59 to 0.85)
	4	0.68 (0.54 to 0.86)	0.51 (0.36 to 0.73)	0.62 (0.50 to 0.77)	0.55 (0.41 to 0.73)
Attended outpatient appointment	2	0.90 (0.82 to 0.99)	0.88 (0.77 to 1.01)	0.91 (0.83 to 0.99)	0.92 (0.82 to 1.03)
	3	0.86 (0.79 to 0.94)	0.91 (0.81 to 1.02)	0.88 (0.82 to 0.95)	0.91 (0.82 to 1.01)
	4	0.82 (0.74 to 0.91)	0.75 (0.63 to 0.89)	0.80 (0.72 to 0.90)	0.87 (0.75 to 1.01)
‘Did not attend’ a GP contact	2	0.93 (0.82 to 1.06)	0.87 (0.74 to 1.01)	0.90 (0.80 to 1.01)	0.89 (0.76 to 1.03)
	3	0.85 (0.76 to 0.95)	0.84 (0.74 to 0.96)	0.87 (0.79 to 0.96)	0.87 (0.77 to 0.99)
	4	0.78 (0.67 to 0.91)	0.74 (0.60 to 0.92)	0.74 (0.64 to 0.85)	0.74 (0.61 to 0.91)
‘Did not attend’ an outpatient appointment	2	0.89 (0.74 to 1.06)	0.63 (0.49 to 0.80)	0.78 (0.67 to 0.92)	0.65 (0.53 to 0.8)
	3	0.72 (0.62 to 0.84)	0.64 (0.52 to 0.78)	0.70 (0.61 to 0.81)	0.65 (0.55 to 0.78)
	4	0.78 (0.63 to 0.96)	0.66 (0.48 to 0.90)	0.72 (0.59 to 0.89)	0.57 (0.43 to 0.76)
Minor self-referral to an emergency department	2	0.86 (0.70 to 1.05)	1.03 (0.79 to 1.34)	1.04 (0.86 to 1.25)	1.13 (0.88 to 1.44)
	3	0.77 (0.65 to 0.92)	0.77 (0.62 to 0.96)	0.80 (0.68 to 0.94)	0.82 (0.66 to 1.01)
	4	0.69 (0.54 to 0.87)	0.64 (0.44 to 0.91)	0.67 (0.52 to 0.85)	0.62 (0.43 to 0.87)

GP, general practitioner; PAM, Patient Activation Measure.