Table 2.
Univariate comparisons of enabling characteristics, by primary and specialist health service use
| Variable | Primary health service use | Specialist health service use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All N (%) | Low use (<3 visits) N (%) | High use (≥3 visits) N (%) | P value | Low use (<3 visits) N (%) | High use (≥3 visits) N (%) | P value | |
| Regular Family Physician | 320 (65) | 241 (61) | 79 (78) | 0.002 | 277 (64) | 43 (72) | 0.217 |
| Regular place to go for health care | 394 (81) | 304 (79) | 90 (88) | 0.031 | 341 (80) | 54 (90) | 0.053 |
| Needed health care but didn’t receive it (past year) | 209 (43) | 155 (41) | 54 (53) | 0.026 | 189 (44) | 20 (35) | 0.154 |
| Feelings about family in general | 199 (43) | 147 (41) | 52 (54) | 0.013 | 176 (43) | 23 (40) | 0.595 |
| Feelings about things you do with other people | 117 (25) | 80 (21) | 37 (37) | 0.001 | 101 (24) | 16 (27) | 0.607 |
| Feelings about amount of time spent with other people | 151 (31) | 116 (30) | 35 (35) | 0.341 | 138 (33) | 13 (22) | 0.119 |
| Feelings about people seen socially | 136 (28) | 104 (27) | 32 (32) | 0.337 | 120 (28) | 16 (27) | 0.792 |
Bolded p-values indicate significance at p ≤ 0.10.