Table 5.

Multivariable logistic regression model exploring associations between CareT groups membership and greater pain interference (some/most activities prevented by pain or discomfort).

CareT groups membership (vs. Low utilization)	Adjusted ORa	95% Confidence interval	p-value
High utilization/specialists	1.138	0.934	1.388	0.2001
Moderate utilization/ED	0.978	0.804	1.191	0.8272
Very high utilization/arthritis-related hospitalizations	1.432	1.132	1.811	0.0027
Moderate utilization/arthritis-related physicians	0.999	0.820	1.216	0.9919

P-values are reported in bold.

^a Adjusted For age, sex, race/ethnicity, indigenous, country of birth, education level, marital status, household income, region of residence, geographic area, CCHS cycle, public drug insurance status, access to a pain clinic, access to a general practitioner, number of different prescribers in the past 12 months, rheumatoid arthritis medical claims, osteoarthritis medical claims, medical claims related to other arthritis conditions except rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, pain intensity, back problems excluding fibromyalgia and arthritis, Charlson comorbidity index in the past 12 months, self-perceived general health, self-perceived mental health, kind of alcohol consumption in the past 12 months, kind of smoker, body mass index; 9,989 participants with no missing data were included in the final model.