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Table 2 Women’s frequency of health care services utilisation during the previous 12 months*

From: Socio-economic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: a population based cross-sectional survey

 

General practitioner

Somatic specialist services

Psychiatric specialist services

 

OR (95% CI) n=4417

OR for trend (95% CI) n=4417

OR (95% CI) n=2211

OR for trend (95% CI) n=2211

OR (95% CI) n=195**

OR for trend (95% CI) n=197**

Marital status

      

Marrried/cohabitant (1)

0.88 (0.74-1.05)

0.85 (0.72-1.01)

0.83 (0.65-1.05)

0.88 (0.70-1.11)

0.59 (0.23-1.49)

0.39 (0.17-0.88)

Single (0)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Household income

      

Low (1)

1.39 (1.03-1.89)

0.89 (0.81-0.98)

1.19 (0.77-1.84)

0.96 (0.84-1.10)

0.39 (0.08-1.84)

1.38 (0.89-2.13)

Low middle (2)

1.47 (1.17-1.85)

 

0.92 (0.67-1.26)

 

0.56 (0.15-2.04)

 

High middle (3)

1.21 (1.01-1.44)

 

1.07 (0.84-1.37)

 

0.47 (0.16-1.34)

 

High (4)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Education

      

Low (1)

1.10 (0.90-1.33)

0.96 (0.87-1.06)

0.95 (0.72-1.24)

1.01 (0.88-1.15)

0.49 (0.15-1.56)

1.43 (0.86-2.37)

Middle (2)

0.97 (0.83-1.14)

 

1.00 (0.80-1.25)

 

0.75 (0.30-1.87)

 

High (3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Self-rated occupational status

      

Low (1)

0.97 (0.76-1.24)

1.02 (0.91-1.14)

1.06 (0.76-1.48)

0.98 (0.84-1.14)

1.69 (0.44-6.51)

1.00 (0.58-1.73)

Middle (2)

0.95 (0.82-1.10)

 

1.03 (0.84-1.25)

 

0.72 (0.31-1.65)

 

High (3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

Self -rated health

      

Bad (1)

13.82 (9.51-20.10)

0.41 (0.37-0.45)

2.35 (1.55-3.52)

0.74 (0.66-0.83)

4.66 (0.97-22.32)

0.68 (0.46-1.00)

Fair (2)

6.36 (5.08-7.97)

 

2.11 (1.57-2.83)

 

1.84 (0.46-7.30)

 

Good (3)

2.67 (2.19-3.27)

 

1.51 (1.15-1.98)

 

1.48 (0.42-5.28)

 

Excellent (4)

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 
  1. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
  2. * Age adjusted multivariate logistic regressions including all left column variables.
  3. **Age group 80–87 years omitted from dummy analyses due to small numbers.