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Table 4 Associations between participant characteristics and patterns of acute and chronic conditions

From: Identifying patterns of clinical conditions among high-cost older adult health care users using claims data: a latent class approach

Characteristics

Patterns of acute and chronic conditions (other sporadic diseases)

Malignant tumor

Cerebrovascular diseases

Ischemic heart disease

Arthrosis

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Age (reference: 60–74), years

 75–84

1.89*** (1.35–2.63)

0.70* (0.53–0.94)

0.86 (0.61–1.20)

1.12 (0.81–1.53)

  ≥ 85

0.44* (0.23–0.83)

1.48* (1.05–2.07)

1.53* (1.02–2.31)

1.13 (0.75–1.71)

Sex (reference: male)

 Female

0.95 (0.73–1.23)

0.82 (0.64–1.05)

0.72* (0.54–0.97)

2.22*** (1.67–2.95)

Medical insurance (reference: UEMI)

 URRMI

0.60* (0.39–0.92)

0.62* (0.42–0.92)

0.52* (0.31–0.86)

1.17 (0.83–1.64)

 LR chi2

152.09***

 
  1. UEMI Urban Employees’ Medical Insurance, URRMI Urban and Rural Residents’ Medical Insurance, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, LR likelihood ratio
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. **p < 0.01
  4. ***p < 0.001
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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