Table 3.

Health services use and risk ratios (RRs) of health service encounters within the first 5 years of follow-up, female versus male (reference group) Veterans, by visit type

Visit type	N events (%)		Crude RR (95% CI)	P value	aRR* (95% CI)	P value	aRR† (95% CI)	P value
	Male	Female
Primary care	22 708 (83.9)	4059 (86.3)	1.21 (1.11 to 1.23)	<0.0001	1.34 (1.22 to 1.48)	<0.0001	1.44 (1.31 to 1.58)	<0.0001
Specialist	15 696 (58.0)	3088 (65.7)	1.39 (1.30 to 1.48)	<0.0001	1.55 (1.45 to 1.66)	<0.0001	1.64 (1.53 to 1.75)	<0.0001
ED visit	11 081 (41.0)	1978 (42.1)	1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)	0.15	0.98 (0.92 to 1.05)	0.55	1.01 (0.95 to 1.08)	0.71
Hospitalisation	2453 (9.1)	846 (18.0)	2.20 (2.02 to 2.40)	<0.0001	2.25 (2.06 to 2.45)	<0.0001	2.52 (2.30 to 2.75)	<0.0001
Home care	751 (2.8)	165 (3.5)	1.27 (1.07 to 1.51)	0.0056	1.41 (1.19 to 1.68)	0.0001	1.48 (1.25 to 1.77)	<0.0001

*Adjusted for age, region of residence, rurality, income quintile and length of service.

†Adjusted for age, region of residence, rurality, income quintile, length of service and select chronic comorbidities.

ED, emergency department; RR, Relative Risk.