Table 4.

Crude and adjusted rate ratios of health service encounters, female versus male (reference group) Veterans, by visit type

Visit type	Median # visits (IQR)		Crude RR (95% CI)	P value	aRR* (95% CI)	P value	aRR† (95% CI)	P value
	Male	Female
Primary care	8 (4–15)	12 (6–21)	1.43 (1.39 to 1.48)	<0.0001	1.47 (1.42 to 1.52)	<0.0001	1.51 (1.46 to 1.56)	<0.0001
Specialist	4 (2–9)	6 (2–12)	1.45 (1.36 to 1.54)	<0.0001	1.54 (1.45 to 1.64)	<0.0001	1.56 (1.47 to 1.66)	<0.0001
ED	2 (1–3)	2 (1–4)	1.17 (1.10 to 1.23	<0.0001	1.11 (1.05 to 1.18)	0.0002	1.11 (1.05 to 1.18)	0.0003
Hospitalisation	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	1.01 (0.95 to 1.07)	0.83	1.00 (0.92 to 1.08)	0.96	1.00 (0.92 to 1.09)	0.99
Home care visits	9 (5–26)	8 (4–21)	0.81 (0.43 to 1.50)	0.50	0.94 (0.49 to 1.80)	0.85	1.03 (0.54 to 1.96)	0.94

*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; IQR, Interquartile range; RR, Rate Ratio.