The importance of examining movements within the US health care system: sequential logit modeling

Table 2 Sequential Logistic Regression Models for Dependent Variables at Each Stage.

	The first stage:		The second stage:		The third stage:
	Use of Any Health Services		Perceived Need for Specialty are		Utilization of Specialty C are
	(N = 6,722)		(N = 6,040)		(n = 2,489)
	Odds ratio	95% CI	Odds ratio	95% CI	Odds ratio	95% CI
PREDISPOSING CHARACTERISTICS
Female	2 83 ***	2.20 - 3.65	1.19 *	1.01 - 1.40	0.97	0.62 - 1.52
Age	0.99	0.99 - 1.01	1.01	0.99 - 1.01	1.03 ***	1.01 -1.04
Race¹
Non-Hispanic Black	1.02	0.71 - 1.45	0.71 **	0.57 - 0.89	1.85	0.99 -3.47
Hispanic	0.71 *	0.51 - 0.98	0.82	0.64 - 1.05	1.12	0.64 -1.96
Other	0.64 *	0.44 - 0.92	1.17	0.89 - 1.53	0.76	0.37 -1.57
Education	1.31 ***	1.17 - 1.46	1.24 ***	1.15 - 1.34	0.92	0.74 -1.14
ENABLING RESOURCES
Income	1.03	0.91 - 1.17	1.08 *	1.01 - 1.17	1.33 **	1.09 -1.62
Insurance continuity²
Unstable health insurance	1.23	0.73 - 2.08	1.25	0.92 - 1.70	0.26 ***	0.14 -0.48
No health insurance	0 45 ***	0.33 - 0.62	0.91	0.70 - 1.17	0.12 ***	0.07 -0.20
NEED
Poor health status	1.22 * *	1.07 - 1.40	1.42 ***	1.30 - 1.56	0.79 *	0.64 -0.99
Number of chronic diseases	2.53 ***	1.91 - 3.37	1.53 ***	1.39 - 1.68	0.96	0.76 -1.21

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