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. 2018 Dec 5;18:269. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0939-4

Table 2.

Adjusteda logistic regression models: health care utilisation for the full cohort and subgroup analysis (patients aged 75 and over)

Household composition (vs other) At least 12 general practice appointments At least 1 emergency department attendances At least 1 inpatient admissions At least 5 outpatient appointments
Odds ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odds ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odds ratio 95% Confidence Interval Odds ratio 95% Confidence Interval
Full Analysis
 Alone 1.40* 1.04–1.88 1.50* 1.16-1.93 1.30 0.99–1.70 0.91 0.68–1.23
Subgroup Analysis
  70 +: Alone 1.54* 1.06–2.24 1.62* 1.18-2.24 1.45* 1.04-2.01 0.85 0.60–1.21
  75 +: Alone 1.47 0.94–2.30 1.33 0.91–1.96 1.45 0.98–2.14 0.78 0.51–1.20
  80 +: Alone 1.61 0.90–2.86 1.30 0.79–2.14 1.25 0.75–2.09 0.53* 0.31-0.93

aAdjusted for household structure, sex, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile, physical long-term conditions and mental long-term conditions

*Denotes significance at p < 0.05