Table 5.

Odds Ratios for the Adjusted Relationships for Health Care Utilization

	Physician Visits for Lung Disease 95%			Hospitalized for Lung Disease 95%			ER Visits for Lung Disease 95%
Variables	OR	LCL	95%UCL	OR	LCL	95%UCL	OR	LCL	95%UCL
Rural(ref=Urban)	1.87	0.84	3.42	1.55	0.65	3.71	1.10	0.37	3.28
Female(ref=Male)	0.83	0.40	1.69	1.53	0.65	3.61	0.84	0.29	2.44
Smoker(ref=Ex/Never)	0.46	0.20	1.04	1.43	0.51	4.01	1.59	0.48	5.27
6MW(ref=< 350m)	2.36	0.98	5.71	0.18a	0.06	0.58	0.66	0.18	2.44
BODE Index	1.63a	1.27	2.09	1.14	0.88	1.49	1.07	0.76	1.52
CCI	1.33a	1.04	1.69	1.13	0.94	1.36	1.24	1.02	1.52
	Physician visits for non Lung Disease 95%			Hospitalized for non Lung Disease 95%			ER visits for non Lung disease 95%
Variables	OR	LCL	95%UCL	OR	LCL	95%UCL	OR	LCL	95%UCL
Rural(ref=Urban)	1.33	0.70	2.55	0.64	0.22	1.82	1.14	0.47	2.77
Female(ref=Male)	0.87	0.46	1.65	1.17	0.42	3.24	3.80a	1.44	10.01
Smoker(ref=Ex/Never)	0.76	0.36	1.58	1.20	0.38	3.83	2.45	0.96	6.24
6MW(ref=LT 350m)	0.95	0.44	2.05	2.15	0.59	7.87	0.74a	0.25	2.16
BODE Index	0.98	0.80	1.20	1.40a	1.00	1.97	0.71a	0.52	0.96
CCI	1.16	0.96	1.40	1.16	0.95	1.42	1.23	0.99	1.51
	Used any Home Health Services 95%
Variables	OR	LCL	95%UCL
Rural(ref=Urban)	1.35	0.51	3.57
Female(ref=Male)	1.60	0.62	4.17
Smoker(ref=Ex/Never)	1.10	0.36	3.37
6MW(ref=LT 350m)	0.38	0.11	1.26
BODE Index	1.01	0.75	1.37
CCI	1.37a	1.13	1.66

^aindicates statistical significance, P <0.05

The model adjusts for Urbanicity, age, gender, race, smoking status, 6 minute walk distance, BODE index, and Charlson comorbidity index 6MW=6 minute walk; CCI=Charlson co-morbidity index; ER=Emergency room; OR=Odds Ratio; LCL=Lower confidence limit; UCL=Upper confidence limit