Factors associated with access to health care among foreign residents living in Aichi Prefecture, Japan: secondary data analysis

Table 4 Multiple regression analysis of “being advised to visit a medical facility” and “being referred to a medical facility” among foreign residents who participated in free consultation activities held in Aichi Prefecture from 2012 to 2016

	Being advised to visit a medical facility (N = 587^a)		p-value
	aPR^b	95% CI	p-value
Occupation
Professional/company	reference
Labour/non-regular^c	1.06	0.70–1.60	0.79
Student	1.28	0.69–2.37	0.44
Unemployed^d	2.08	1.40–3.11	< 0.01
Other	1.47	0.87–2.49	0.15
No answer	1.17	0.79–1.72	0.43
Coverage under Japanese public insurance
Covered	reference
Not covered	1.56	1.19–2.05	< 0.01
	Being referred to a medical facility (N = 596^e)		p-value
	PR	95% CI	p-value
Occupation
Professional/company	ref
Labour/non-regular^c	1.23	0.60–2.54	0.57
Student	2.77	1.18–6.46	0.02
Unemployed^d	3.28	1.64–6.57	< 0.01
Other	1.32	0.45–3.87	0.61
No answer	1.32	0.66–2.63	0.43

PR prevalence ratio, aPR adjusted prevalence ratio
95% CI 95% confident interval
^aTwenty-one participants were excluded because it was not known if a) they were covered by Japanese public insurance or b) if they had been advised to visit a medical facilitys
^bMutually adjusted
^cIncluding trainees/interns
^dIncluding housewives
^eTwelve participants were excluded because whether they had been referred to a medical facility was unknown

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