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

Table 5 Logistic regression models for the Rural Population

	Visits to doctors of insurance funds			Visits to private doctors			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	1.19	0.69-2.05	NS	0,69	0,38-1,23	NS	1,33	0.80-2.19	NS	1.81	0.92-3.55
Age (18-34)										NS
35-44	NS	1.25	0.59-2.67	NS	0.85	0.39-1.84	NS	1.21	0.63-2.32	NS	0.68	0.26-1.74
45-54	NS	1.68	0.76-3.72	NS	1.39	0.63-3.09	NS	0.78	0.36-1.69	NS	0.71	0.26-1.91
55-64	NS	1.58	0.56-4.45	NS	0.33	0.08-1.28	NS	0.83	0.29-2.38	NS	0.76	0.22-2.65
65+	<0.01	4.24	1.41-12.6	NS	1.05	0.30-3.63	NS	1.64	0.55-4.83	NS	0.51	0.13-2.02
Ethnicity (Greeks)	NS	1.94	0.76-4.94	<0.05	2.55	1.01-6.41	<0.01	0.35	0.18-0.66	NS	1.41	0.47-4.16
Education (primary)
Secondary	NS	1.38	0.64-3.00	NS	0.79	0.36-1.76	NS	1.32	0.64-2.71	NS	0.91	0.36-2.30
University	<0.01	5.33	2.04-13.9	NS	0.71	0.25-2.02	NS	1.08	0.39-3.00	NS	1.90	0.57-6.28
Income (low)
Medium	NS	0.50	0.29-1.02	<0.05	2.26	1.10-4.64	NS	0.98	0.54-1.81	NS	0.91	0.43-1.95
High	NS	1.17	0.53-2.59	<0.01	4.17	1.69-10.2	NS	1.15	0.51-2.56	NS	0.89	0.29-2.71
Occupation (non manual)	NS	0.78	0.44-1.37		1.63	0.85-3.14	<0.05	0.58	0.35-0.98	<0.05	0.49	0.25-0.96
PCS	<0.001	0.91	0.88-0.95	<0.001	0.93	0.89-0.96	<0.01	0.94	0.91-0.97	<0.001	0.90	0.86-0.94
MCS	<0.001	0.94	0.92-0.97	<0.001	0.94	0.92-0.97	<0.001	0.94	0.92-0.97	<0.01	0.95	0.93-0.99
R ²	27.9			19.9			18.4			19.1

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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