Table 3.

Proportion (95% Confidence Interval) of hearing aid users by measures of general and hearing health care utilization, and health insurance provider among hearing aid candidates aged 70 years or greater - NHANES 2005–2006 and 2009–2010 (n=601).

	n	%	Proportion (95% CI†)
Overall	601	100	33.1 (29.9, 36.5)
Place for routine health care
Clinic or health center	100	16.10	35.1 (24.1, 48.0)
Doctor’s Office or HMO	453	78.74	33.4 (29.0, 38.2)
Hospital emergency room or hospital outpatient department or some other place	34	5.17	28.9 (14.3, 49.7)
Health care visits in the previous year
0–1	77	13.2	31.0 (23.1, 40.0)
2–3	160	27.1	33.2 (25.2, 42.3)
4–9	215	36.1	34.7 (28.4, 41.5)
≥ 10	146	23.5	32.5 (25.2, 40.7)
Years since last hearing test
<1	155	26.7	67.0 (58.1, 74.9)*
1–4	208	35.7	40.0 (32.2, 48.3)
5–9	57	9.3	9.8 (3.8, 22.8)
≥ 10	90	15.1	3.1 (0.6, 15.2)
Never	84	13.1	0.0 (*,*)
Health insurance provider‡
Medicare only	159	24.9	28.1 (21.3, 36.1)
Medicare and private insurance	304	56.2	36.2 (31.4, 41.2)
Medicare and other public insurance	90	13.4	33.0 (23.9, 43.6)
Private insurance only	29	5.4	36.1 (16.1, 62.6)

^†95% CI=95% confidence interval

^*confidence interval undefined

^‡excludes 10 uninsured persons and 9 persons who don’t report Medicare insurance

^*p<0.05 chi square test for general association