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Table 2 Association between use of hospital services and studied variables, among men

From: Self-rated health and hospital services use in the Spanish National Health System: a longitudinal study

Men

Simple analysisa

Adjusted by agea

Analysis adjusting for all variables, not including SRHb Lc = 206.6; df = 6

Analysis adjusting for all variables, including SRHb Lc = 219.9; df = 8

Age

21–44

1

-

1

1

45–64

1.8 (1.4–2.2)

1.5 (1.2–1.9)

1.4 (1.1–1.8)

65–84

5.9 (4.6–7.6)

3.5 (2.4–5.1)

3.4 (2.3–5.0)

85+

5.3 (2.4–11.8)

3.1 (1.3–7.4)

3.0 (1.2–7.3)

Self-rated health

Good

1

1

 

1

Poor

2.7 (2.2–3.3)

1.8 (1.4–2.2)

 

0.7 (0.3–1.5)

Chronic disease

No

1

1

1

1

Yes

2.1 (1.7–2.6)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)

1.3 (1.1–1.7)

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

Disability

No

1

1

NS

NS

Yes

2.4 (1.8–3.2)

1.4 (0.9–1.9)

Employment status

Working

1

1

1

1

Not working

3.3 (2.7–4.1)

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

1.5 (1.1.–2.0)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

Educational Level

Higher than primary

1

1

NS

NS

Primary or lower

1.9 (1.5–2.3)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

Income level

Medium-high

1

1

1

1

Low

1.6 (1.3–2.0)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

Previous use of hospital services

Yes

1

1

NS

NS

No

1.5 (1.3–1.8)

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

Country of birth

Other

1

1

NS

NS

Spain

1.9 (1.3–2.7)

1.5 (1.0–2.2)

Chronic disease NO

Good health

-

-

 

1

Poor health

  

0.7 (0.3–1.5)

Chronic disease YES

Good health

  

1

Poor health

  

1.7 (1.3–2.5)

  1. aOdds ratios (95 % confidence interval). Statistically significant odds ratios in bold, P <0.05
  2. bFinal model included only variables with significant adjusted effects
  3. cL Likelihood ratio test for assessing significance of likelihood increase for the model vs. the model with only a constant
  4. Abbreviations: SRH self-rated health; df, degrees of freedom, NS not significant