Table 3.

Relative risks^a (RR) and HI indexes for health care utilisation last 12 months, by gender and age groups

		Men		Women		Men		Women
		RR / HI	s.e.	RR / HI	s.e.	RR / HI	s.e.	RR / HI	s.e.
		GP				Inpatient care
Age 20–39 years
N		(n = 4161)		(n = 5789)
HI index		0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.06	0.02
Education	Primary	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/
	Secondary	0.92*	0.03	0.98	0.02	0.83	0.12	0.88	0.09
	Tertiary	0.79**	0.03	0.97	0.02	0.69**	0.13	0.97	0.10
Age 40–59 years
N		(n = 9148)		(n = 10286)
HI index		−0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	−0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02
Education	Primary	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/
	Secondary	1.01	0.02	1.02	0.01	0.84*	0.07	0.97	0.07
	Tertiary	0.96	0.02	0.99	0.01	0.64**	0.07	1.00	0.09
Age ≥ 60 years
N		(n = 7299)		(n = 8072)
HI index		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	−0.01	0.02	0.00	0.02
Education	Primary	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/
	Secondary	1.04**	0.01	1.02*	0.01	1.02	0.06	0.98	0.06
	Tertiary	1.00	0.02	1.00	0.01	0.97	0.09	0.93	0.09
		Outpatient consultation				Medical specialist
Age 20–39 years
HI index		−0.03	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.02
Education	Primary	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/
	Secondary	0.95	0.09	0.92	0.07	1.21	0.16	1.03	0.11
	Tertiary	0.95	0.11	1.19*	0.10	1.04	0.16	1.17	0.13
Age 40–59 years
HI index		0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.01
Education	Primary	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/
	Secondary	1.08	0.05	1.11*	0.05	0.93	0.07	1.25**	0.08
	Tertiary	1.27**	0.07	1.38**	0.06	1.16	0.10	1.34**	0.10
Age ≥ 60 years
HI index		0.08	0.01	0.07	0.01	0.06	0.02	0.08	0.01
Education	Primary	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/	1.00	/
	Secondary	1.20**	0.05	1.28**	0.05	1.28**	0.09	1.26**	0.07
	Tertiary	1.50**	0.08	1.65**	0.09	1.72**	0.15	1.62**	0.12

* P < 0.05.

** P < 0.01.

Statistically significant HI indexes in bold.

^a Risk ratios estimated using same Poisson regression and model as presented in Table 2.