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. 2012 Aug 22;11:48. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-48

Table 2.

HI indexes and relative risksa (RR) for probability of health care utilisation last 12 months. Men and women, 20 years and older

 
 
GP
 
Inpatient
 
Outpatient
 
Med. spec.
 
    (n = 44755)   (n = 44755)   (n = 44755)   (n = 44755)  
 
 
Coeff.
s.e.
Coeff.
s.e.
Coeff.
s.e.
Coeff.
s.e.
CI (actual)
 
−0.02
0.00
−0.07
0.01
0.00
0.00
−0.01
0.01
CI (need-predicted)
−0.02
0.00
−0.08
0.00
−0.04
0.00
−0.06
0.00
HI index
 
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.01
0.04
0.00
0.05
0.01
 
Mean
RR
s.e.
RR
s.e.
RR
s.e.
RR
s.e.
Primary edu
0.21
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
Secondary edu
0.53
1.01*
0.01
0.96
0.03
1.17**
0.04
1.18**
0.04
Tertiary edu
0.26
0.98*
0.01
0.96
0.04
1.43**
0.05
1.36**
0.05
Income q1
0.25
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
Income q2
0.25
1.02**
0.01
1.05
0.04
1.16**
0.03
1.03
0.03
Income q3
0.25
1.02**
0.01
1.01
0.04
1.19**
0.04
1.10**
0.04
Income q4
0.25
0.99
0.01
0.98
0.04
1.13**
0.04
1.09*
0.04
Female
0.54
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
Male
0.46
0.89**
0.00
0.88**
0.02
0.94**
0.02
0.91**
0.02
Age 20-39
0.22
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
Age 40-59
0.43
0.99
0.01
0.64**
0.02
1.13**
0.03
0.98
0.03
Age ≥ 60
0.34
1.06**
0.01
0.69**
0.03
1.03
0.04
1.02
0.04
Muni small
0.35
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
Muni large
0.44
1.04**
0.01
0.95
0.03
1.01
0.03
1.14**
0.03
Muni w/hospital
0.22
1.02*
0.01
1.01
0.04
1.02
0.03
1.10**
0.03
Very good halth
0.16
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
Good health
0.58
1.19**
0.01
1.33**
0.07
1.40**
0.06
1.30**
0.06
Poor health
0.24
1.28**
0.01
2.00**
0.11
1.88**
0.08
1.63**
0.08
Very poor health
0.01
1.28**
0.02
3.18**
0.25
2.32**
0.17
2.15**
0.17
No func impairment
0.59
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
1.00
/
Func impairment
0.41
1.08**
0.01
1.38**
0.05
1.39**
0.05
1.61**
0.05
Cancerb
0.05
1.06**
0.01
1.58**
0.07
1.67**
0.05
1.31**
0.05
Respiratory diseaseb,c
0.11
1.07**
0.01
1.16**
0.04
1.13**
0.04
1.12**
0.04
CVDb,c
0.09
1.09**
0.01
1.76**
0.06
1.16**
0.04
1.10**
0.04
Skin diseaseb,c
0.16
1.03**
0.01
0.99
0.03
1.09**
0.03
1.23**
0.03
Musculoskeletalb,c
0.21
1.03**
0.00
1.06
0.03
1.22**
0.03
1.23**
0.03
Diabetesb
0.04
1.10**
0.01
1.14*
0.06
1.26**
0.06
1.23**
0.06
Renal diseaseb
0.02
1.02
0.01
1.44**
0.08
1.22**
0.07
1.05
0.07
Epilepsyb
0.01
1.01
0.02
1.08
0.11
1.27**
0.11
1.26**
0.11
Strokeb 0.02 1.06** 0.01 1.55** 0.09 1.13** 0.06 1.02 0.06

** P < 0.01.

* P < 0.05.

Statistically significant concentration indexes and HI indexes in bold.

a Risk ratios and HI indexes were adjusted for all variables in the table.

b The reference for the disease-specific RRs is the absence of that or those diseases.

c Respiratory disease: asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis, emphysema. Cardiovascular disease: Angina pectoralis, myocardial infarction, heart failure, or other heart disease. Musculoskeletal: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia. Skin: eczema or psoriasis.