Table 3 Association between socioeconomic factors with the rate of ACSC and ACSC related-costs in Portugal, 2000–2014
MODEL I | MODEL II | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rate of ACSC | ACSC related costs | ||||
β | (95% CI) | β | (95% CI) | ||
Trend | 0,23*** | (0,19; 0,27) | 0,53*** | (0,43; 0,63) | |
SE indicators | |||||
Illiteracy | 1 (least deprived) | ||||
2 | 1,32*** | (0,59; 2,08) | 2,37** | (0,28; 4,47) | |
3 | 1,10** | (0,04; 2,16) | 2,47* | (−0,46; 5,40) | |
4 | 1.97*** | (0,59; 3,34) | 4,04** | (0.24; 7.83) | |
5 (most deprived) | 1,59* | (−0.01; 3,18) | 2.47 | (−1.94; 6.88) | |
Purchasing power | 1 (most deprived) | ||||
2 | 0.00 | (−0,46; 0,46) | −0.56 | (−1,83; 0,72) | |
3 | −0.86*** | (−1,46; −0,27) | −3,07*** | (−4.71; −1,43) | |
4 | −1,21*** | (−1,92; −0,50) | −4,34*** | (−6,30; −2,39) | |
5 (least deprived) | −1,19*** | (−2,08; −0,30) | −4,69*** | (−7,15; −2,22) | |
Confounders | |||||
Proportion of elderly (≥ 65 years) | 0.04 | (−0.06; 0.15) | 0.23 | (−0.07; 0.52) | |
Proportion of males | −0.01 | (−0.33; 0.31) | 0.80* | (−0.09; 1.68) | |
Diabetes mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants | 0.26* | (−0.03; 0.54) | 1.07*** | (0.29; 1.86) | |
COPD mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants | 1.01*** | (0.83; 1.20) | 2.61*** | (2.10; 3.11) | |
Heart disease mortality rate per 1000 inhabitants | 0.33*** | (0.12; 0.53) | 1.23*** | (0.66; 1.80) | |
Population density (N.°/km2) | −0.00 | (−0.00; 0.00) | −0.00 | (−0.01; 0.00) | |
Primary care physicians per 1000 inhabitants | −1.29*** | (−1.97; −0.60) | −3.08*** | (−4.97; −1.19) | |