Do place of residence and ethnicity affect health services utilization? evidence from greece

Table 4 Logistic regression models for the Urban Population

	Visits to physicians of insurance funds			Visits to private practitioners			Admissions to emergency departments			Hospital admissions
	P-value	Exp(b)	CI	P-value	Exp(b)	CI	P-value	Exp(b)	CI	P-value	Exp(b)	CI
Sex (men)	NS	1.04	0.70-1.55	NS	0.94	0.62-1.41	<0.05	1.47	1.06-2.05	NS	1.05	0.67-1.65
Age (18-34)							NS
35-44	NS	1.42	0.81-2.48	<0.05	1.73	1.00-3.01	NS	1.10	0.71-1.69	NS	1.32	0.70-2.48
45-54	<0.05	2.00	1.09-3.66	<0.05	2.01	1.07-3.75	NS	0.83	0.49-1.39	NS	0.73	0.34-1.58
55-64	NS	1.11	0.52-2.35	NS	1.50	0.67-3.34	NS	0.95	0.50-1.78	NS	1.26	0.55-2.89
65+	<0.01	2.97	1.33-6.60	NS	1.37	0.52-3.59	NS	0.80	0.38-1.67	NS	1.80	0.71-4.60
Ethnicity (Greeks)	<0.05	1.96	1.18-3.28	NS	0.77	0.48-1.24	<0.001	0.36	0.25-0.54	NS	0.63	0.37-1.07
Education (primary)
Secondary	NS	1.06	0.62-1.80	NS	1.50	0.83-2.72	<0.05	0.57	0.35-0.92	NS	0.93	0.50-1.72
University	NS	1.53	0.74-3.14	NS	1.24	0.54-2.83	<0.05	0.47	0.24-0.92	NS	0.79	0.32-1.96
Income (low)							NS
Medium	NS	0.79	0.50-1.23	NS	1.23	0.74-2.03	NS	1.16	0.78-1.74	NS	1.18	0.69-2.03
High	NS	0.81	0.45-1.47	NS	1.38	0.73-2.59	NS	1.30	0.78-2.16	<0.05	2.06	1.04-4.08
Occupation (non manual)	NS	0.82	0.55-1.23	NS	0.79	0.51-1.21	NS	0.81	0.57-1.15	NS	0.85	0.53-1.35
PCS	<0.001	0.94	0.91-.096	NS	0.97	0.94-1.00	<0.001	0.95	0.92-0.97	<0.001	0.91	0.88-0.94
MCS	<0.001	0.95	0.94-0.97	<0.001	0.94	0.92-0.96	<0.01	0.97	0.95-0.98	<0.01	0.97	0.94-0.99
R ²	21.3			11.2			14.7			18.5

PCS = Physical Component Score, MCS = Mental Component Score
NS = non significant (p > 0.05)
For categorical explanatory variables, the reference group for the calculation of the odds ratio (OR) is indicated by the parenthesis.

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