Table 3 Relative risks a (RR) and HI indexes for health care utilisation last 12 months, by gender and age groups
From: Socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: the population-based HUNT3 survey
Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RR / HI | s.e. | RR / HI | s.e. | RR / HI | s.e. | RR / HI | s.e. | ||
GP | Inpatient care | ||||||||
Age 20–39 years | |||||||||
N | (n = 4161) | (n = 5789) | |||||||
HI index | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.02 | |
Education | Primary | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / |
Secondary | 0.92* | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.02 | 0.83 | 0.12 | 0.88 | 0.09 | |
Tertiary | 0.79** | 0.03 | 0.97 | 0.02 | 0.69** | 0.13 | 0.97 | 0.10 | |
Age 40–59 years | |||||||||
N | (n = 9148) | (n = 10286) | |||||||
HI index | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
Education | Primary | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / |
Secondary | 1.01 | 0.02 | 1.02 | 0.01 | 0.84* | 0.07 | 0.97 | 0.07 | |
Tertiary | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.64** | 0.07 | 1.00 | 0.09 | |
Age ≥ 60 years | |||||||||
N | (n = 7299) | (n = 8072) | |||||||
HI index | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
Education | Primary | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / |
Secondary | 1.04** | 0.01 | 1.02* | 0.01 | 1.02 | 0.06 | 0.98 | 0.06 | |
Tertiary | 1.00 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.97 | 0.09 | 0.93 | 0.09 | |
Outpatient consultation | Medical specialist | ||||||||
Age 20–39 years | |||||||||
HI index | −0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
Education | Primary | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / |
Secondary | 0.95 | 0.09 | 0.92 | 0.07 | 1.21 | 0.16 | 1.03 | 0.11 | |
Tertiary | 0.95 | 0.11 | 1.19* | 0.10 | 1.04 | 0.16 | 1.17 | 0.13 | |
Age 40–59 years | |||||||||
HI index | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 | |
Education | Primary | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / |
Secondary | 1.08 | 0.05 | 1.11* | 0.05 | 0.93 | 0.07 | 1.25** | 0.08 | |
Tertiary | 1.27** | 0.07 | 1.38** | 0.06 | 1.16 | 0.10 | 1.34** | 0.10 | |
Age ≥ 60 years | |||||||||
HI index | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.01 | |
Education | Primary | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / | 1.00 | / |
Secondary | 1.20** | 0.05 | 1.28** | 0.05 | 1.28** | 0.09 | 1.26** | 0.07 | |
Tertiary | 1.50** | 0.08 | 1.65** | 0.09 | 1.72** | 0.15 | 1.62** | 0.12 | |