Table 6.

Linear Regression for Predictors of Differences between Self-reported and MOH Data for Volume Measures among Seniors Aged 65 years and Older, 1992

	Dependent Variables
	Length of stay in hospital (n =981)			# of contacts with GP (n = 974)			# of contacts with PT (n = 974)			# of contacts with medical specialists (MS) (n = 974)
Independent
Factors		SE	P-Value		SE	P-Value		SE	P-Value		SE	P-Value
Constant	6.49	2.13	0.0024	4.44	0.90	0.0001	2.57	1.52	0.0467	0.59	0.72	0.4152
Gender  (0=Female & 1=Male)	−0.80	0.65	0.2247	−0.05	0.27	0.8130	−1.06	0.47	0.0255	−0.16	0.24	0.4960
Age (0=65–74 & 1=75+)	−1.08	0.69	0.1196	−0.27	0.29	0.3572	−0.24	0.50	0.6368	0.41	0.25	0.1068
Income (0=≤25,000 &  1=>25,000)	0.76	0.67	0.2588	−0.43	0.28	0.1244	−0.74	0.48	0.1288	0.21	0.24	0.3853
Self-Assessed Health  (0=poor/good &  1=very good/excellent)	−7.73	1.31	0.0001	−1.99	0.55	0.0004	−1.92	0.95	0.0425	−0.22	0.48	0.6415
Self-Assessed Emotional  Health (0=poor/good &  1=very good/excellent)	1.91	1.43	0.1824	−1.07	0.60	0.0741	0.20	1.04	0.8413	−0.44	0.52	0.3947
# of Chronic Conditions	0.43	0.33	0.2044	0.89	0.14	0.0001	0.46	0.24	0.0572	0.22	0.12	0.0762
Length of Stay in MOH data	−0.54	0.03	0.0001		—			—			—
# of contacts with GP in  MOH data		—		−0.80	0.01	0.0001		—			—
Any of contacts with PT in  MOH data		—			—		−0.16	0.49	0.0011		—
# of contacts with MS in  MOH data		—			—			—		−0.84	0.10	0.0001

**The variables education, marital status, living arrangement, type of dwelling, and current status of smoking and alcohol drinking were omitted from the analyses since they were not significantly associated with agreement between the two sources of data (p0.05) and did not contribute to the overall model.