Table 3.

Factors associated with increased healthcare services use in 2011 among indigents who did not use services in 2010

			Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variables			adjusted OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI	Adjusted OR	95% CI
Predisposing factors	Sex	Female (Ref)
		Male	1.46 *	[1.02–2.08]	1.43	[0.99–2.07]	1.44	[0.99–2.08]
	Age	<50 years (Ref)
		50–69 years	1.59 *	[1.02–2.48]	1.84 *	[1.15–2.93]	1.65	[0.96–2.85]
		>69 years	1.50	[0.98–2.30]	1.73 *	[1.11–2.71]	1.66 *	(1.05–2.64)
	Marital status	Not widowed (Ref)
		Widowed	0.9	[0.63–1.30]	0.90	[0.61–1.32]	0.89	[0.61–1.31]
Facilitating factors	Card holder	No (Ref)
		Yes			1.1	[0.80–1.51]	1.09	[0.79–1.50]
	Financial support	Receives financial support from family (Ref)
		Receives no financial support from family			1.54 *	[1.07–2.20]	1.59 *	[1.1–2.28]
	Household income (tertile)	High (Ref)
		Medium			1.71 *	[1.15–2.54]	1.70 *	[1.14–2.52]
		Low			1.71 *	[1.15–2.53]	1.71 *	[1.15–2.54]
	Cohabitation	Spouse/children ≥15 years (Ref)
		Father/mother/siblings/neighbours			1.15	[0.68–1.94]	1.17	[0.69–1.97]
		Children <15 years			1.38	[0.77–2.48]	1.42	[0.79–2.57]
		Alone			1.19	[0.56–2.52]	1.18	[0.56–2.52]
Needs	Vision impairment	No (Ref)
		Yes					1.24	[0.85–1.82]
	Limited physical performance	No (Ref)
		Yes					0.97	[0.66–1.43]

* P  < 0.05.