Table 3 Predictors of hospital stay. Results of conditional fixed effects logistic regressions (Waves 3–4)
From: Which factors affect health care use among older Germans? Results of the German ageing survey
Independent variables | Hospital stay (Ref.: No) | |
|---|---|---|
Predisposing factors | Age (in years) | 0.909* |
(0.842–0.982) | ||
Other marital statuses (Ref.: Married, living together with spouse) | 0.989 | |
(0.315–3.099) | ||
Retired (Ref.: Working) | 0.739 | |
(0.284–1.928) | ||
Other: not employed | 2.372* | |
(1.013–5.556) | ||
Enabling resources | (Log) equivalence income | 0.751 |
(0.407–1.385) | ||
Self-rated accessibility of doctors (Ref.: No accessibility of doctors) | 1.042 | |
(0.629–1.726) | ||
Need factors | Self-rated health (from “very good” to “very bad”) | 1.770*** |
(1.349–2.322) | ||
Number of chronic diseases | 1.084 | |
(0.942–1.248) | ||
Underweight (Ref.: Normal weight) | 0.509 | |
(0.0484–5.350) | ||
Overweight | 0.929 | |
(0.484–1.786) | ||
Obesity | 0.878 | |
(0.337–2.284) | ||
Currently smoking (Ref.: Currently not smoking) | 0.534 | |
(0.169–1.687) | ||
Physical activities (in hours per week) | 1.042 | |
(0.966–1.124) | ||
Observations | 770 | |
Number of Individuals | 385 | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.08 |