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Table 2 Determinants of the frequency of physician visits in the past 3 months. Findings of multiple negative binomial regressions

From: Determinants of health care use among homeless individuals: evidence from the Hamburg survey of homeless individuals

Independent variables

Number of doctor visits

Gender: - Female (Ref.: Male)

4.02**

(1.60–10.11)

Age

0.99

(0.96–1.02)

Family status: - Widowed/Divorced/Married, living separated from spouse (Ref.: Single)

0.88

(0.46–1.67)

Education: - Secondary/tertiary education (Ref.: Primary education)

1.59

(0.76–3.32)

Country of origin: - Neighboring country (Germany)

2.11

(0.79–5.64)

- Other country

0.78

(0.41–1.49)

Alcohol consume: - Presence of chronic alcohol consume (CDT > 2.5) (Ref.: Absence of chronic alcohol consume)

0.26***

(0.12–0.57)

Health insurance: Yes (Reference category: No health insurance)

0.70

(0.34–1.48)

Fear of COVID-19 (from 1 = not at all to 4 = severely)

1.06

(0.75–1.50)

Health-related quality of life (EQ-VAS, ranging from 0 (worst) to 100 (best))

0.97***

(0.96–0.98)

Constant

11.06*

(1.05–116.15)

Pseudo R2

0.10

Observations

98

  1. Incidence rate ratios are reported. 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, + p < 0.10