Table 3.
Ordered logistic regression models of holistic East Asian medicine (EM) use on the use of biomedical services and other covariates
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
Biomedical service use | 1.27*** | (1.13 to 1.42) | 1.18** | (1.05 to 1.33) | 1.23*** | (1.09 to 1.38) | 1.17** | (1.04 to 1.31) |
EM use frequency (Ref=1 to 3 times) | ||||||||
4 to 10 times | 2.29*** | (2.00 to 2.64) | 2.30*** | (2.00 to 2.65) | ||||
11 to 30 times | 3.38*** | (2.90 to 3.96) | 3.45*** | (2.93 to 4.06) | ||||
31 or more times | 3.40*** | (2.71 to 4.27) | 3.53*** | (2.78 to 4.47) | ||||
Self-rated health status (Ref=very good) | ||||||||
Very bad | 0.88 | (0.54 to 1.43) | 0.58* | (0.35 to 0.95) | ||||
Bad | 1.32 | (0.93 to 1.88) | 0.92 | (0.64 to 1.32) | ||||
Fair | 1.10 | (0.78 to 1.55) | 0.84 | (0.59 to 1.19) | ||||
Good | 0.91 | (0.64 to 1.29) | 0.78 | (0.55 to 1.11) | ||||
Female | 1.09 | (0.96 to 1.24) | ||||||
Age (Ref=less than 20) | ||||||||
20s or 30s | 2.96*** | (1.98 to 4.44) | ||||||
40s | 3.28*** | (2.13 to 5.05) | ||||||
50s | 3.06*** | (2.00 to 4.70) | ||||||
60s | 2.45*** | (1.58 to 3.79) | ||||||
70s | 2.29*** | (1.46 to 3.58) | ||||||
80s or more | 2.33** | (1.37 to 3.97) | ||||||
Marital status (Ref=single) | ||||||||
Married | 1.12 | (0.91 to 1.39) | ||||||
Widowed/ divorced/separated |
1.13 | (0.83 to 1.52) | ||||||
Others | 1.08 | (0.50 to 2.34) | ||||||
Education (Ref=no formal education) | ||||||||
Elementary school | 1.05 | (0.80 to 1.38) | ||||||
Middle school | 0.92 | (0.68 to 1.25) | ||||||
High school | 0.97 | (0.72 to 1.31) | ||||||
College or graduate school | 0.90 | (0.66 to 1.24) | ||||||
Household income (Ref=less than 1 million wons) | ||||||||
1 to 1.9 million wons | 1.00 | (0.82 to 1.22) | ||||||
2 to 2.9 million wons | 0.95 | (0.77 to 1.17) | ||||||
3 to 3.9 million wons | 1.02 | (0.81 to 1.28) | ||||||
4 to 4.9 million wons | 1.05 | (0.82 to 1.35) | ||||||
5 million wons or more | 1.19 | (0.92 to 1.54) | ||||||
Observations | 3861 | 3861 | 3861 | 3861 |
Note, significant at *0.01, **0.01, ***0.001.