TABLE 2—

Factors Independently Associated With Recent Acute Care Use and Anticipated Acute Care Use After Release Among 247 Inmates Aged 55 Years or Older in the San Francisco County Jail: California, 2012

Factors	Predetainment Acute Care Use, Adjusted RR (95% CI)	Planning to Use Acute Care After Release, Adjusted RR (95% CI)
Age	1.01 (0.97, 1.04)	0.99 (0.95, 1.02)
Female gender	. . .	0.52 (0.20, 1.34)
Smoking	1.19 (0.89, 1.60)	. . .
Very poor or poor self-rated health status	0.88 (0.65, 1.19)	. . .
Hypertension	. . .	0.71 (0.55, 0.93)
Any heart disease	1.23 (0.95, 1.59)	0.80 (0.53, 1.21)
Cancer	1.28 (0.92, 1.77)	. . .
Chronic lung disease	. . .	0.70 (0.4, 1.23)
HIV	. . .	1.59 (1.03, 2.47)
Hepatitis C	0.96 (0.74, 1.24)	. . .
Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, senility, or serious memory problem	1.20 (0.86, 1.67)	0.69 (0.32, 1.48)
Serious mental illness	1.10 (0.85, 1.42)	. . .
Functional impairment	0.93 (0.69, 1.26)	. . .
Persistent pain	1.12 (0.83, 1.51)	. . .
Persistent shortness of breath	0.98 (0.71, 1.34)	1.06 (0.61, 1.85)
Recent fall(s)	1.19 (0.88, 1.6)	. . .
Problem alcohol use	. . .	0.72 (0.55, 0.94)
Homelessness	1.42 (1.10, 1.83)	0.90 (0.69, 1.18)
Has primary care provider	. . .	0.69 (0.53, 0.89)

Note. CI = confidence interval; RR = relative risk.