From: Health status and health services utilization in elderly Koreans
Variable | Poor health | Physician visit | Traditional Korean medicine | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Age | 1.35** | 1.11-1.63 | 1.40** | 1.16-1.70 | 1.93** | 1.52-2.46 |
 80+ |  |  |  | |||
 vs. 65-79 |  |  |  | |||
Sex | Â | 1.51** | 1.26-1.81 | 2.15** | 1.76-2.64 | |
 Male vs. |  |  |  | |||
 Female |  |  |  | |||
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | |||
 Others vs. |  |  |  | |||
 Married |  |  |  | |||
Education | 1.82** | 1.54-2.16 | Â | Â | ||
 Primary school |  |  |  | |||
 vs. Middle school+ |  |  |  | |||
Income | 1.71** | 1.46-2.01 | 1.39** | 1.17-1.65 | 1.20* | 1.00-1.43 |
 5,0000,000 won |  |  |  | |||
 vs. >5,000,000 won |  |  |  | |||
Health status | Â | 1.19* | 1.02-1.38 | 1.55** | 1.31-1.83 | |
 Poor |  |  |  | |||
 vs. Fair+ |  |  |  | |||
Chronic conditions | 2.26** | 1.91-2.67 | 1.55** | 1.29-1.87 | 1.24* | 1.03-1.50 |
 Yes |  |  |  | |||
 vs. No |  |  |  | |||
Model chi-square | 439,703.9 | 122,723.9 | 240,634.1 | |||
Degree of freedom | 6 | 7 | 7 | |||
Significance | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |