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Table 3 Association between use of hospital services and studied variables, among women

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

Women

Simple analysisa

Adjusted by agea

Analysis adjusting for all variables, not including SRHa,b Lc = 177.7; df = 7

Analysis adjusting for all variables, including SRHa,b Lc = 198.3; df = 9

Age

21–44

1

-

1

1

45–64

1.4 (1.2–1.8)

1.2 (0.9–1.5)

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

65–84

3.4 (2.7–4.2)

2.5 (1.9–3.2)

2.2 (1.7–2.9)

85+

4.8 (3.0–7.8)

3.4 (2.0–5.7)

2.7 (1.6–4.6)

Self-rated health

Good

1

1

-

1

Poor

2.6 (2.2–3.1)

1.9 (1.5–2.3)

2.6 (1.7–4.0)

Chronic disease

No

1

1

1

1

Yes

2.4 (1.9–3.0)

1.8 (1.4–2.2)

1.6 (1.3–2.0)

1.4 (1.1–1.8)

Disability

No

1

1

1

1

Yes

2.9 (2.2–3.7)

1.8 (1.3–2.4)

1.6 (1.2–2.1)

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

Employment status

Working

1

1

NS

NS

Not working

1.7 (1.4–2.1)

1.0 (0.8–1.3)

Educational Level

Higher than primary

1

1

1.2 (0.9–1.5)

1

Primary or lower

1.9 (1.5–2.3)

1.2 (0.9–1.5)

1.4 (1.0–1.8)

Income level

Medium-high

1

1

NS

NS

Low

1.5 (1.3–1.9)

1.2 (0.9–1.4)

Previous use of hospital services

Yes

1

1

1

1

No

1.6 (1.3–1.9)

1.5 (1.2–1.8)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)

Country of birth

Other

1

1

NS

NS

Spain

1.4 (1.0–2.0)

1.2 (0.8–1.6)

Educational level: Higher than primary

Good health

-

-

-

1

Poor health

2.6 (1.7–4.0)

Educational level: Primary or lower

Good health

1

Poor health

1.3 (1.0–1.5)

  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