Determinants of access to healthcare by older persons in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Adjusted incidence risk ratios for regression of access to healthcare in last 30 days on selected explanatory variables, among older persons in Uganda

	Model (1)		Model (2)		Model (3)
Variables	Adjusted RR	95% CI	Adjusted RR	95% CI	Adjusted RR	95% CI
Age group
50-59	1.00		1.00		1.00
60-69	1.03	[0.96-1.10]	1.04	[0.97-1.11]	1.05	[0.98-1.12]
70-79	0.90^*	[0.83-0.98]	0.91^*	[0.84-1.00]	0.95	[0.87-1.03]
80+	0.80^**	[0.69-0.93]	0.82^**	[0.71-0.95]	0.87	[0.76-1.01]
Living alone
Yes	0.89	[0.77-1.02]	0.89	[0.77-1.02]	0.90	[0.79-1.03]
No	1.00		1.00		1.00
Marital status
Married	1.00		1.00		1.00
Divorced/separated	0.96	[0.86-1.08]	0.97	[0.86-1.09]	0.97	[0.87-1.09]
Widowed	0.97	[0.91-1.04]	0.99	[0.92-1.06]	0.98	[0.91-1.05]
Poverty status
Poor			0.90^*	[0.83-0.98]	0.91^*	[0.83-0.99]
Not-poor			1.00		1.00
Household owns bicycle at present
Yes			1.07^*	[1.00-1.14]	1.06	[0.99-1.13]
No			1.00		1.00
Household source of earnings
Farming			1.00		1.00
Wages			1.08^*	[1.01-1.16]	1.08^*	[1.00-1.15]
Remittances			1.00	[0.90-1.11]	1.00	[0.91-1.11]
Days did not work due to sickness
0					1.00
1-7					1.19^***	[1.10-1.30]
8-14					1.19^***	[1.07-1.31]
15+					1.08	[0.97-1.21]
Reported NCD++
Yes					1.09^*	[1.01-1.16]
No					1.00
Difficulty walking
No					1.00
Some					0.90^**	[0.83-0.97]
A lot/can’t					0.84^**	[0.75-0.95]
Observations	1602		1602		1602

RR = Risk Ratios; CI = Confidence Interval; ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001; ++ NCDs included hypertension- diabetes & heart disease; Model (1) = adjusting for predisposing factors; Model (2) = adjusting for enabling factors; Model (3) = adjusting for health need factors.

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