Table 2 Sociodemographic and health-related correlates of hospitalizations in internal medicine divisions- overall and stratified analysis

Number

335

185

163

85

172

100

 Sex, women, n (%)

186 (55.5)

94 (50.8)

0.3

81 (49.7)

44 (51.8)

0.8

105 (61.0)

50 (50.0)

0.10

 Age, median (IQR)

64.0 (17.0)

67.0 (18.0)

0.034

69.0 (14.0)

72.0 (18.0)

0.16

59.5 (18.0)

64.0 (17.0)

0.04

 Country of birth, n (%)

0.2

0.3

NA

NA

  Israel

203 (61.0)

116 (62.7)

31 (19.3)

16 (18.8)

  Asia/Africa

70 (21.0)

45 (24.3)

70 (43.5)

45 (52.9)

  Europe/ America/Former Soviet Union

60 (18.0)

24 (13.0)

60 (37.3)

24 (28.2)

 Marital status, not married, n (%)

96 (28.7)

62 (33.5)

0.2

55 (33.7)

36 (42.4)

0.2

41 (23.8)

26 (26.0)

0.8

 Number of offspring, median (IQR)

4.0 (3.0)

5.0 (4.0)

< 0.001

3.0 (2.0)

4.0 (4.0)

0.027

5.0 (3.0)

6.0 (4.0)

0.009

 Household density, median (IQR)

0.75 (0.54)

0.67 (0.50)

0.8

0.60 (0.40)

0.67 (0.25)

0.4

1.00 (0.67)

1.00 (0.67)

0.4

 Monthly income above 3600 Shekels, n (%)

198 (59.0)

85 (45.9)

0.009

118 (72.4)

48 (56.5)

0.016

79 (45.9)

37 (37.0)

0.17

 Religiosity, yes, n (%)

148 (45.0)

86 (47.5)

0.6

32 (20.1)

20 (23.8)

0.6

116 (68.2)

66 (68.0)

1.0

 Years of schooling, median (IQR)

9.0 (7.0)

8.0 (12.0)

0.003

11.0 (6.0)

10.0 (10.0)

0.008

8.0 (9.0)

7.0 (9.0)

0.16

 Comorbidity score, median (IQR)

3.0 (1.0)

5.0 (3.0)

< 0.001

3.0 (1.0)

4.0 (1.5)

< 0.001

3.0 (2.0)

5.0 (3.0)

< 0.001

 MHI-5 score, median (IQR)

60.0 (14.5)

52.0 (16.0)

< 0.001

60.0 (16.0)

56.0 (20.0)

< 0.001

56.0 (16.0)

50 (20.0)

0.001

 Self-rated health status, not good, n (%)

201 (60.0)

155 (84.2)

< 0.001

98 (60.1)

68 (81.0)

0.002

103 (59.9)

87 (87.0)

< 0.001

 Physical inactivity, n (%)

156 (47.4)

125 (68.3)

< 0.001

68 (42.5)

56 (66.7)

0.001

88 (52.1)

69 (69.7)

0.007

 BMI, median (IQR)

29.1 (6.6)

29.4 (7.6)

0.2

28.4 (6.0)

28.9 (6.5)

0.4

30.1 (7.1)

30.4 (7.7)

0.6

 Smoking, n (%)

60 (17.9)

45 (24.5)

0.097

23 (14.1)

13 (15.3)

0.9

37 (21.5)

32 (32.3)

0.068

 Complementary health insurance, Yes, n (%)

231 (68.9)

122 (65.9)

0.4

143 (88.7)

68 (80.0)

0.085

88 (51.1)

54 (54.0)

0.6

 Low Hebrew fluency, needs translation in medical interaction, n (%)

152 (45.4)

84 (45.4)

0.9

95 (58.3)

52 (61.3)

0.6

57 (33.1)

32 (32.0)

0.8

 Perceived difficulty & burden, n (%)

148 (44.2)

112 (60.5)

< 0.001

68 (41.7)

51 (60.0)

0.009

80 (46.5)

61 (61.0)

0.029

 Knowledge in health and lifestyle risk factors, median (IQR)

0.3 (0.5)

0.3 (0.8)

0.4

0.3 (0.5)

0.2 (1.0)

0.3

0.3 (0.4)

0.4 (0.5)

0.7

 Trust in medical system and importance of prevention (%)

168 (50.1)

92 (49.7)

1.0

92 (56.4)

47 (55.3)

0.9

76 (44.2)

45 (45.0)

0.9

 Believes in alternative medicine, n (%)

175 (52.2)

85 (45.9)

0.2

97 (59.5)

50 (58.8)

1.0

78 (45.3)

35 (35.0)

0.12

 Believes in fate & superstition, n (%)

167 (49.9)

93 (50.3)

1.0

59 (36.2)

40 (47.1)

0.12

108 (62.8)

53 (53.0)

0.14