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Table 4 Predictors for seeking healthcare from government facilities

From: The rising burden of chronic conditions among urban poor: a three-year follow-up survey in Bengaluru, India

Predictor variables

Overall chronic conditions N = 637

Diabetes N = 312

Hypertension N = 379

 

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Sexa

-

-

-

-

Agea

-

-

-

-

Monthly per capita income

    

First quintile

-

-

-

-

-

Second quintile

0.52

0.05

0.58

(0.1, 1.8)

(0.0, 0.6)

(1.1,2.8)

Third quintile

1.39

0.36

1.34

(0.4, 4.3)

(0.0, 2.8)

(0.2, 6.2)

Fourth quintile

0.53

0.12

0.53

(0.1, 1.8)

(0.1, 1.4)

(0.1,2.8)

Fifth quintile

0.57

0.15

0.75

(0.1, 1.8)

(0.0, 1.0)

(0.1, 3.3)

Household poverty status

   

Above the poverty line

-

-

-

Below the poverty line

2.59

8.28

2.75

(0.9, 6.7)

(1.5, 44.2)

(0.8, 8.6)

Tiers of health services

   

Clinics/health center

-

-

-

Referral hospitals

1.51

4.78

1.74

(0.5,4.4)

(0.7, 29.4)

(0.5,5.8)

Super specialty hospitals

16.60

9.46

8.67

(6.3, 43.3)

(1.0, 82.9)

(2.6,28.7)

0.00

 

0.00

  1. aThe predictors variables were not significant fit to the model describing the health seeking behavior hence were not included in our analysis