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Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted associations between indicators of the socioeconomic status and inpatient clinic, outpatient clinic visits: Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from logistic regressions

From: Does the socioeconomic status predict health service utilization in persons with enhanced health care needs? Results from a population-based survey in persons with spinal cord lesions from Switzerland

 

Inpatient stay

Outpatient clinic visit

Visit to specialized SCI-center

Emergency department visit

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

Model 1

Model 2

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Highest education

 Compulsory

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Higher secondary

0.78 (0.56–1.09)

0.85 (0.60–1.21)

0.91 (0.66–1.26)

0.95 (0.68–1.33)

1.25 (0.91–1.71)

1.15 (0.83–1.61)

0.74 (0.50–1.08)

0.80 (0.54–1.20)

 Short tertiary

0.88 (0.60–1.30)

1.08 (0.71–1.64)

1.02 (0.69–1.49)

1.09 (0.73–1.63)

1.37 (0.93–2.01)

1.27 (0.85–1.89)

1.03 (0.66–1.60)

1.14 (0.72–1.82)

 Tertiary

0.62 (0.41–0.92)

0.72 (0.47–1.09)

0.96 (0.66–1.40)

0.97 (0.66–1.45)

1.18 (0.82–1.71)

1.10 (0.75–1.62)

0.68 (0.43–1.09)

0.74 (0.46–1.20)

 p-value

0.059

0.295

0.844

0.959

0.395

0.697

0.200

0.429

Household income

 Income deciles 1–10

0.97 (0.92–1.02)

0.98 (0.93–1.03)

0.97 (0.93–1.01)

0.98 (0.94–1.02)

1.04 (1.00–1.09)

1.04 (0.99–1.09)

0.97 (0.92–1.03)

0.99 (0.93–1.05)

 p-value

0.260

0.488

0.139

0.325

0.080

0.112

0.358

0.684

Financial hardship

 Massive

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 Some

1.09 (0.65–1.82)

1.49 (0.87–2.58)

0.66 (0.39–1.11)

0.81 (0.47–1.39)

1.50 (0.90–2.49)

1.78 (1.04–3.02)

0.55 (0.31–0.98)

0.69 (0.38–1.24)

 None

0.67 (0.43–1.05)

1.05 (0.64–1.73)

0.42 (0.27–0.67)

0.61 (0.37–1.01)

0.99 (0.64–1.52)

1.33 (0.83–2.12)

0.51 (0.32–0.81)

0.73 (0.44–1.21)

 p-value

0.004

0.111

 < 0.001

0.063

0.041

0.084

0.020

0.361

Supplementary benefits

 Yes

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 No

0.70 (0.45–1.06)

0.83 (0.53–1.30)

0.45 (0.29–0.71)

0.55 (0.35–0.88)

1.19 (0.79–1.79)

1.37 (0.89–2.11)

0.57 (0.36–0.91)

0.67 (0.41–1.08)

 p-value

0.095

0.413

 < 0.001

0.011

0.413

0.153

0.018

0.100

Subjective social status

 Range 1–10

0.89 (0.83–0.94)

0.95 (0.88–1.01)

0.94 (0.88–0.99)

0.98 (0.92–1.05)

0.99 (0.93–1.05)

1.01 (0.95–1.08)

0.93 (0.87–1.00)

0.98 (0.91–1.06)

 p-value

 < 0.001

0.119

0.031

0.610

0.715

0.774

0.063

0.662

  1. Results based on imputed data (n = 1,294). Missing values in % of total sample for inpatient stays: 3.6%; outpatient clinic visits: 3.3%; specialized SCI-centers: 5.5%; emergency departments: 3.3%. Results in bold indicate statistically significant associations (p < 0.05)
  2. Models 1: unadjusted; Models 2: adjusted for age, gender, SCI severity, time since injury, driving time to closest SCI-center, secondary health conditions, mental health, and comorbidities
  3. Abbreviations: Ref Reference group, SCI Spinal Cord Injury