From: Health care utilisation amongst older adults with sensory and cognitive impairments in Europe
 | Doctor Visits | GP visits | Hospitalisations | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | |
 | Low users | High users | Low users | High users | Low users | High users |
Predisposing factors | ||||||
Age | 1.012 | 1.021 | 1.016 | 0.989 | 1.055 | 1.000 |
 | [0.013] | [0.014] | [0.015] | [0.013] | [0.048] | [0.056] |
Age squared | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
 | [0.000] | [0.000] | [0.000] | [0.000] | [0.000] | [0.000] |
Male | 0.909*** | 0.99 | 0.967* | 1.013 | 1.239*** | 1.186** |
 | [0.016] | [0.019] | [0.019] | [0.020] | [0.069] | [0.089] |
Married | 1.057** | 1.000 | 1.032 | 0.983 | 1.045 | 1.155 |
 | [0.025] | [0.023] | [0.027] | [0.023] | [0.081] | [0.132] |
Immigrant | 1.042 | 0.978 | 0.977 | 0.996 | 1.212* | 0.738* |
 | [0.037] | [0.038] | [0.035] | [0.037] | [0.123] | [0.125] |
Secondary education | 1.029 | 1.008 | 0.989 | 0.917*** | 1.048 | 1.062 |
 | [0.023] | [0.023] | [0.025] | [0.021] | [0.072] | [0.097] |
Tertiary education | 1.077*** | 1.082** | 0.921*** | 0.857*** | 0.964 | 1.154 |
 | [0.029] | [0.034] | [0.028] | [0.028] | [0.082] | [0.137] |
Enabling factors | ||||||
Employed | 0.922*** | 0.859*** | 0.951* | 0.845*** | 0.872 | 0.818 |
 | [0.024] | [0.025] | [0.026] | [0.027] | [0.103] | [0.105] |
ln(income_ppp) | 1.025*** | 0.995 | 1.014* | 0.993 | 1.001 | 0.98 |
 | [0.008] | [0.006] | [0.008] | [0.006] | [0.024] | [0.025] |
Health behaviours | ||||||
Present smoker | 0.833*** | 0.938** | 0.835*** | 0.966 | 0.911 | 0.744*** |
 | [0.023] | [0.024] | [0.024] | [0.026] | [0.098] | [0.082] |
Regular alcohol consumption | 0.964** | 0.876*** | 0.962** | 0.913*** | 0.858** | 0.837** |
 | [0.018] | [0.017] | [0.019] | [0.019] | [0.053] | [0.074] |
Regular physical activity | 0.883*** | 0.920*** | 0.907*** | 0.908*** | 0.842*** | 0.761*** |
 | [0.015] | [0.018] | [0.017] | [0.019] | [0.054] | [0.065] |
Need factors | ||||||
ADL scale | 1.042** | 1.129*** | 1.012 | 1.101*** | 1.272*** | 1.120** |
 | [0.017] | [0.015] | [0.023] | [0.012] | [0.040] | [0.060] |
Number of chronic diseases | 1.339*** | 1.144*** | 1.338*** | 1.116*** | 1.329*** | 1.090*** |
 | [0.010] | [0.008] | [0.012] | [0.008] | [0.028] | [0.034] |
Cognitive impairment | 0.942*** | 1.019 | 0.978 | 1.063*** | 0.890* | 1.164* |
 | [0.020] | [0.021] | [0.024] | [0.022] | [0.062] | [0.102] |
Sensory impairment | 0.989 | 0.992 | 0.988 | 1.01 | 1.167*** | 0.946 |
 | [0.017] | [0.017] | [0.019] | [0.019] | [0.066] | [0.072] |
Country dummies | ||||||
Austria | 1.345*** | 1.224*** | 1.112** | 1.338*** | 2.069*** | 1.073 |
 | [0.069] | [0.059] | [0.055] | [0.068] | [0.260] | [0.196] |
Germany | 1.984*** | 1.652*** | 1.346*** | 1.496*** | 1.924*** | 0.908 |
 | [0.071] | [0.080] | [0.054] | [0.074] | [0.234] | [0.159] |
Netherlands | 1.133*** | 1.135*** | 0.948 | 0.867*** | 0.894 | 0.781 |
 | [0.040] | [0.051] | [0.040] | [0.042] | [0.115] | [0.121] |
Spain | 1.419*** | 1.158*** | 1.182*** | 1.337*** | 0.704** | 0.616*** |
 | [0.057] | [0.053] | [0.058] | [0.064] | [0.097] | [0.102] |
Italy | 1.529*** | 1.491*** | 1.156*** | 1.853*** | 0.837 | 0.629*** |
 | [0.060] | [0.065] | [0.050] | [0.086] | [0.109] | [0.100] |
France | 1.673*** | 1.271*** | 1.610*** | 1.333*** | 1.276** | 0.954 |
 | [0.057] | [0.057] | [0.060] | [0.062] | [0.151] | [0.143] |
Switzerland | 1.124*** | 1.151** | 0.921* | 1.100 | 1.458*** | 1.396 |
 | [0.049] | [0.068] | [0.045] | [0.070] | [0.198] | [0.290] |
Belgium | 1.649*** | 1.426*** | 1.504*** | 1.569*** | 1.291** | 0.734** |
 | [0.052] | [0.057] | [0.053] | [0.067] | [0.014] | [0.014] |
N | 28,328 | 26,571 | 28,736 | |||
ll | −79,603.25 | −65,226.65 | −14,502.19 | |||
AIC | 159,334.50 | 130,581.31 | 29,132.39 | |||
BIC | 159,773.88 | 131,035.00 | 29,572.68 |