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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2011 Jul 14;54(10):771–779. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20988

Table III.

Health care use Among U.S. Working Adults with Health Insurance

Outpatient Care Use Emergency Care Use
Odds Ratio (95% CI) Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Model 3 (N=11275) Model 4 (N=11242)
Paid Sick Days 1.148* (1.001–1.317) 0.866* (0.758–0.989)
Male 0.403*** (0.356–0.457) 0.840** (0.740–0.954)
Age over 50 1.272** (1.105–1.464) 0.738*** (0.635–0.857)
Hispanic 0.643*** (0.527–0.786) 0.865 (0.707–1.058)
Black 0.869 (0.724–1.057) 1.191* (1.010–1.406)
Asian 0.571*** (0.449–0.726) 0.562** (0.402–0.786)
College or higher degree 1.334*** (1.161–1.532) 1.097 (0.948–1.269)
Family income ($75K+) 1.358*** (1.178–1.565) 0.828* (0.718–0.955)
Health, education & social service occupations 1.184* (1.001–1.402) 1.150 (0.967–1.367)
Sales, services & administrative support occupations 0.948 (0.797–1.126) 1.230** (1.090–1.551)
Agriculture, construction & manufacturing occupations 0.964 (0.799–0.164) 1.246* (1.015–1.530)
Self-rated health status 0.451*** (0.322–0.631) 0.448*** (0.364–0.552)
Chronic condition 2.287*** (1.991–2.628) 1.496*** (1.325–1.670)
Regular place for care 4.014*** (3.314–4.862) 1.265* (1.001–1.599)
*

p <.05;

**

p <.01;

***

p <.001

CI: Confidence Interval