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Published in final edited form as: Gerontologist. 2008 Oct;48(5):659–667. doi: 10.1093/geront/48.5.659

Table 2. Weighted Use of Health Services and Disability Measures by Year.

Variable	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004
Health service, M
Physician visit^a
White	0.79	0.90	0.92	0.93	0.94	0.94	0.95
Black	0.82^*	0.91	0.93	0.93	0.94	0.94	0.93
Latino	0.69^***	0.87	0.88^**	0.86^***	0.90^*	0.89^**	0.90^**
Frequency physician visit
White	4.05	6.72	7.79	8.88	8.92	9.74	10.16
Black	5.51^**	8.66^***	9.76^**	11.8^***	12.31^***	11.38	11.70
Latino	4.60	7.10	8.56	9.74	9.04	11.36	12.36
Hospital admission^a
White	0.10	0.17	0.19	0.21	0.21	0.24	0.25
Black	0.15^***	0.22^***	0.23^**	0.23	0.27^**	0.23	0.26
Latino	0.12	0.20	0.20	0.23	0.22	0.25	0.26
Frequency hospital admission
White	0.16	0.31	0.30	0.36	0.37	0.42	0.44
Black	0.27^**	0.48^*	0.42^**	0.44	0.55^*	0.41	0.46
Latino	0.19	0.50	0.36	0.40	0.40	0.48	0.60^*
Disability, M
Activities of daily living^b
White	0.07	0.09	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.20
Black	0.16^***	0.25^***	0.36^***	0.43^***	0.42^***	0.40^***	0.40^***
Latino	0.14^***	0.26^***	0.35^***	0.40^***	0.40^***	0.40^***	0.42^***
Mobility^b
White	0.48	0.60	0.70	0.74	0.80	0.88	0.98
Black	0.74^***	0.94^***	1.08^***	1.13^***	1.20^***	1.24^***	1.24^***
Latino	0.72^***	0.96^***	0.91^*	0.97^**	1.04^**	1.04	1.11

Notes: The reference category is White. See the text for a description of the scales.

Whether utilized.

Scale (range = 0–5).

p < .05

^**

p <.01

^***

p < .001.