Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent

Table 4 Logistic regression model for going to the GP, the ED and secondary care in the past two months

Variable	Estimate	SE	Wald	P*	Odds ratio	95% CI
Contact with GP
Sex	0,607	0,249	5,926	0,015	1,835	1,126-2,993
Age
18-29			19,895	0,001
30-39	-0,146	0,313	0,218	0,641	0,864	0,468-1,595
40-49	0,070	0,305	0,052	0,819	1,071	0,589-1,951
50-59	1,173	0,359	10,672	0,001	3,233	1,599-6,537
60-65	1,242	0,457	7,381	0,007	3,462	1,413-8,480
Homeless in Ghent	-1,292	0,266	23,523	0,000	3,641	2,160 -6,139
Contact with emergency department
Sex	-0,032	0,475	0,005	0,946	0,969	0,382-2,456
Age
18-29			5,929	0,205
30-39	-0,107	0,450	0,057	0,811	0,898	0,372-2,168
40-49	-1,214	0,563	4,655	0,031	0,297	0,099-0,895
50-59	-0,743	0,621	1,434	0,231	0,476	0,141-1,605
60-65	0,149	0,866	0,030	0,863	1,161	0,213-6,339
Homeless in Ghent	-2,592	0,490	28,016	0,000	13,351	5,114-34,857
Contact with secondary care
Sex	0,904	0,294	9,441	0,002	2,470	1,387-4,398
Age
18-29			4,362	0,359
30-39	0,391	0,359	1,187	0,276	1,478	0,732-2,986
40-49	-0,089	0,376	0,056	0,813	0,915	0,438-1,911
50-59	0,355	0,405	0,768	0,381	1,426	0,645-3,151
60-65	0,819	0,509	2,587	0,108	2,268	0,836-6,150
Homeless in Ghent	-2,592	0,305	15,130	0,000	3,271	1,800-5,943

* All significant results are indicated in bold.
Nagelkerke R² contact with GP: 0,138. Nagelkerke R² contact with ED: 0,277, Nagelkerke R² contact with secondary care: 0,087

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