Table II.

Health care use Among All U.S. Working Adults

	Outpatient Care Use	Emergency Care Use
	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
	Model 1 (N=13806)	Model 2 (N=13764)
Paid Sick Days	1.164* (1.027–1.318)	0.910 (0.801–1.034)
Male	0.391*** (0.350–0.437)	0.838** (0.749–0.938)
Age over 50	1.234**(1.094–1.392)	0.717*** (0.626–0.821)
Hispanic	0.671*** (0.571–0.790)	0.729*** (0.611–0.870)
Black	0.824* (0.701–0.968)	1.226** (1.061–1.415)
Asian	0.584*** (0.466–0.731)	0.514*** (0.368–0.717)
College or higher degree	1.366*** (1.213–1.537)	1.036 (0.909–1.181)
Family income ($75K+)	1.333*** (1.167–1.522)	0.863* (0.751–0.992)
Health, education & social service occupations	1.117 (0.956–1.304)	1.166 (0.987–1.378)
Sales, services & administrative support occupations	0.958 (0.819–1.121)	1.374*** (1.162–1.625)
Agriculture, construction & manufacturing occupations	1.004 (0.843–1.196)	1.339** (1.114–1.609)
Self-rated health status	0.526*** (0.413–0.669)	0.470*** (0.385–0.573)
Chronic condition	2.256*** (2.003–2.540)	1.499*** (1.340–1.677)
Health insurance	2.076*** (1.794–2.402)	0.886 (0.743–1.056)
Regular place for care	4.131*** (3.551–4.805)	1.300** (1.079–1.555)

^*p <.05;

^**p <.01;

^***p <.001

CI: Confidence Interval