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Table 2 Multivariate analysis (dependent variable: forgone care because of costs or unavailability)

From: Association between forgone care and household income among the elderly in five Western European countries – analyses based on survey data from the SHARE-study

 

Odds Ratios (95% confidence interval)

 

France

Germany

Greece

Italy

Sweden

Model 1 a

     

Income-Quintiles

     

- 5th (high) (ref.)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

- 4th

1.09

(0.73–1.62)

1.62

(1.03–2.54)

1.42

(0.95–2.12)

0.93

(0.61–1.43)

1.07

(0.70–1.64)

- 3rd

1.13

(0.74–1.71)

1.41

(0.87–2.28)

1.83

(1.22–2.74)

0.88

(0.54–1.42)

0.76

(0.44–1.34)

- 2nd

1.78

(1.18–2.69)

1.27

(0.74–2.18)

1.97

(1.29–3.02)

1.15

(0.70–1.89)

1.27

(0.78–2.09)

- 1st (low)

1.55

(1.01–2.42)

2.18

(1.39–3.43)

2.18

(1.45–3.27)

1.34

(0.86–2.09)

1.81

(1.14–2.86)

Model 2 b

     

(n)c

(238)

(184)

(264)

(181)

(172)

Income-Quintiles

     

- 5th (high) (ref.)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

- 4th

1.09

(0.73–1.63)

1.54

(0.98–2.43)

1.34

(0.89–2.01)

0.87

(0.57–1.35)

1.04

(0.68–1.59)

- 3rd

1.09

(0.71–1.66)

1.28

(0.79–2.08)

1.75

(1.16–2.63)

0.74

(0.45–1.21)

0.74

(0.42–1.29)

- 2nd

1.65

(1.09–2.51)

1.03

(0.60–1.78)

1.75

(1.14–2.70)

0.97

(0.59–1.61)

1.20

(0.73–1.97)

- 1st (low)

1.37

(0.88–2.15)

1.74

(1.10–2.76)

2.00

(1.33–3.02)

1.07

(0.68–1.70)

1.58

(0.99–2.53)

SAHd

     

- good (ref.)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

- fair

1.60

(1.17–2.18)

2.45

(1.70–3.54)

2.43

(1.80–3.29)

2.88

(1.97–4.22)

1.68

(1.18–2.39)

- poor

2.03

(1.32–3.12)

5.00

(3.30–7.57)

4.18

(2.73–6.42)

5.78

(3.68–9.08)

1.96

(1.22–3.15)

Sexe

     

- men (ref.)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

- women

1.51

(1.14–2.00)

1.06

(0.78–1.44)

1.70

(1.28–2.25)

1.55

(1.12–2.16)

1.52

(1.09–2.11)

  1. a) including: income, age, sex
  2. b) including: income, age, sex, self assessed health
  3. c) number of persons with forgone care (because of costs or unavailability)
  4. d) reference group: good SAH
  5. e) reference group: men