Table 5.

Doctor’s Visits Prediction Model, Health Retirement Survey, 2014.

		Normal Cognition				Dementia/Impaired Cognition
		Low vs. Never	Moderate vs. Never	High vs. Never	p-value for trend	Low vs. Never	Moderate vs. Never	High vs. Never	p-value for trend
Race	White	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.11	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	Black	NS	NS	NS		0.82 (0.64, 1.06)	0.76 (0.58, 0.99)	0.37 (0.23, 0.59)
	Other	NS	NS	NS		0.94 (0.69, 1.29)	0.90 (0.63, 1.29)	1.00 (0.55, 1.80)
Ethnicity	Not Hispanic	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	Hispanic	0.32 (0.27, 0.38)	0.23 (0.19, 0.28)	0.28 (0.19, 0.39)		0.34 (0.26, 0.45)	0.25 (0.19, 0.35)	0.22 (0.13, 0.37)
Rural	No	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.02	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.04
	Yes	1.14 (0.97, 1.35)	1.02 (0.86, 1.21)	0.93 (0.73, 1.20)		0.86 (0.68, 1.08)	0.81 (0.63, 1.04)	0.53 (0.34, 0.83)
Marital Status	Single	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.06
	Married	1.61 (1.39, 2.03)	1.36 (1.17, 1.58)	1.06 (0.95, 1.33)		NS	NS	NS
Gender	Male	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	Female	1.56 (1.37, 1.77)	1.90 (1.65, 2.17)	1.66 (1.35, 2.03)		1.33 (1.09, 1.61)	1.55 (1.25, 1.92)	2.05 (1.42, 2.96)
Education	≤ HS	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	<0.01
	>HS	1.81 (1.58, 2.07)	1.94 (1.68, 2.23)	1.93 (1.57, 2.37)		1.46 (1.14, 1.87)	1.78 (1.37, 2.32)	1.58 (1.05, 2.39)
Age		1.02 (1.01, 1.03)	1.05 (1.04, 1.05)	1.04 (1.03, 1.05)	<0.01	1.01 (1.00, 1.02)	1.02 (1.01, 1.03)	1.01 (0.99, 1.02)	0.02

Note. Odds ratios (95% CI).

Bold = Statistical significance.

NS = Not significant. NS was indicated when all results across utilization levels were not significant

The number of doctor visits in the previous two years: never (0), low (1–76 visits), moderate (8–25 visits), and high (26+ visits).