Table 3.
Associations of economic, cultural and social capital and of capital structure on the use of different healthcare services
| Use of healthcare services | Types of capitals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic capital | Cultural capital | Social capital | ||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Seen/talked to a doctor | 1.26 | (1.12, 1.42) | 1.06 | (1.06, 1.14) | 1.10 | (1.06, 1.14) |
| Dentist visits | 2.95 | (2.71, 3.19) | 1.28 | (1.24, 1.31) | 1.23 | (1.20, 1.27) |
| Overnight hospital admissions | 0.79 | (0.71, 0.87) | 0.99 | (0.96, 1.03) | 0.96 | (0.93, 0.99) |
| Length of hospital stay | 0.74 | (0.67, 0.81) | 0.99 | (0.97, 1.04) | 0.91 | (0.88, 0.94) |
| Use of healthcare services | Capital structure (ref.cat. = low volume of all capitals) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High volume of all capitals | Low economic, high combined cultural and social capital | High economic, low combined cultural and social capital | ||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Seen/talked to a doctor | 1.41 | (1.28, 1.56) | 1.29 | (1.17, 1.43) | 1.16 | (1.07, 1.25) |
| Dentist visits | 3.26 | (3.03, 3.51) | 1.91 | (1.78, 2.04) | 1.76 | (1.67, 1.86) |
| Overnight hospital admissions | 0.81 | (0.74, 0.90) | 0.88 | (0.81, 0.96) | 0.91 | (0.85, 0.97) |
| Length of hospital stay | 0.76 | (0.69, 0.83) | 0.86 | (0.79, 0.93) | 0.88 | (0.83, 0.94) |
Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from multilevel logistic regression.
Adjusted for: age, gender, marital status, country of birth, country of residence, self‐perceived health, basic insurance and supplementary insurance.