TABLE 4.

Predicted Mean Health Care Use for Health Care Services with Significant Personality Associations

	Predicted Mean Health Care Use for Personality Trait Score			Difference in Mean Use for Individuals above Plus One SD Compared with Those below Minus One SD
	Below Minus One SD (95% CI)	Between One SD below and One SD above the Mean	Above Plus One SD (95% CI)	Absolute Difference	Relative Difference
ANY USE
NEUROTICISM
• Any emergency department (ED) use	.581	.647	.723	+.142	+24.4%
	(.565–.598)		(.710–.737)
• Any custodial nursing home use	.057	.090	.121	+.064	+112.3%
	(.044–.069)		(.101–.140)
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
• Any custodial home care use	.518	.600	.676	+.158	+30.5%
	(.490–.547)		(.652–.700)
AGREEABLENESS
• Any custodial nursing home use	.085	.086	.108	+.023	+27.0%
	(.067–.104)		(.084–.132)
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
• Any custodial nursing home use	.148	.084	.047	−.101	−68.2%
	(.124–.173)		(.034–.059)
AMOUNT OF USE AMONG USERS OF EACH SERVICE
NEUROTICISM
• Predicted mean number of skilled nursing	40.8	44.8	50.5	+9.7	+23.8%
facility (SNF) days among those with any SNF use (n = 226)	(35.7–45.8)		(44.1–57.0)
• Predicted mean number of nonrehabilitation	18.3	17.4	17.1	−1.2	−6.6%
hospital days among those with any nonrehabilitation hospital use (n = 668)	(17.0–19.6)		(15.7–18.4)
OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE
• Predicted mean number of ED visits among	2.91	2.56	2.45	−0.46	−15.8%
those with any ED use (n = 694)	(2.80–3.03)		(2.36–2.53)
• Predicted mean number of SNF days among	56.2	43.6	39.3	−16.9	−30.1%
those with any SNF use (n = 226)	(50.0–62.5)		(34.3–44.4)
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
• Predicted mean number of ED visits among	2.92	2.59	2.29	−0.63	−21.6%
those with any ED visits (n = 694)	(2.78–3.07)		(2.17–2.41)

Note: These predictions were generated from the logistic and GLM models that were statistically significant in tables 2 and 3. The mean in each cell was calculated using the final set of variables in tables 2 and 3, that is, the full model including the predisposing, enabling, and need variables.