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Table 6 Health Care utilisation in SHARE: LCNB_CRE with Sense-Cog impairment

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]

Predisposing factors

Low users

High users

Low users

High users

Low users

High users

Age

1.012

1.021

1.015

0.99

1.056

0.998

 

[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***

0.991

0.967*

1.013

1.240***

1.182**

 

[0.016]

[0.019]

[0.019]

[0.020]

[0.070]

[0.089]

Married

1.057**

1.000

1.032

0.984

1.048

1.157

 

[0.025]

[0.023]

[0.027]

[0.023]

[0.081]

[0.132]

Immigrant

1.041

0.978

0.976

0.995

1.213*

0.737*

 

[0.037]

[0.038]

[0.035]

[0.037]

[0.123]

[0.124]

Secondary education

1.029

1.011

0.988

0.917***

1.051

1.061

 

[0.023]

[0.023]

[0.025]

[0.021]

[0.073]

[0.096]

Tertiary education

1.077***

1.083**

0.920***

0.855***

0.964

1.153

 

[0.029]

[0.034]

[0.028]

[0.028]

[0.082]

[0.137]

Enabling factors

Employed

0.923***

0.859***

0.952*

0.846***

0.874

0.816

 

[0.024]

[0.025]

[0.026]

[0.027]

[0.103]

[0.104]

ln(income_ppp)

1.025***

0.996

1.015*

0.994

1.001

0.984

 

[0.008]

[0.006]

[0.008]

[0.006]

[0.024]

[0.025]

Health behaviours

Present smoker

0.832***

0.936**

0.836***

0.966

0.912

0.748***

 

[0.023]

[0.024]

[0.024]

[0.026]

[0.098]

[0.083]

Regular alcohol consumption

0.964**

0.876***

0.961**

0.915***

0.858**

0.837**

 

[0.017]

[0.017]

[0.019]

[0.019]

[0.054]

[0.074]

Regular physical activity

0.883***

0.919***

0.907***

0.908***

0.843***

0.761***

 

[0.015]

[0.018]

[0.017]

[0.019]

[0.054]

[0.065]

Need factors

ADL scale

1.042**

1.128***

1.011

1.099***

1.271***

1.120**

 

[0.017]

[0.015]

[0.023]

[0.012]

[0.040]

[0.060]

Number of chronic diseases

1.338***

1.143***

1.339***

1.114***

1.329***

1.088***

 

[0.010]

[0.008]

[0.012]

[0.008]

[0.028]

[0.034]

Cognitive impairment

0.946**

0.975

0.986

1.018

0.865

1.061

 

[0.025]

[0.026]

[0.029]

[0.027]

[0.078]

[0.118]

Sensory impairment

0.992

0.960*

0.992

0.973

1.151**

0.885

 

[0.019]

[0.021]

[0.021]

[0.023]

[0.075]

[0.081]

Sense_Cog impairment

0.988

1.098***

0.979

1.096***

1.061

1.214

 

[0.038]

[0.039]

[0.044]

[0.039]

[0.130]

[0.183]

Country dummies

Austria

1.348***

1.229***

1.114**

1.342***

2.063***

1.074

 

[0.069]

[0.060]

[0.055]

[0.068]

[0.259]

[0.197]

Germany

1.982***

1.660***

1.345***

1.502***

1.916***

0.912

 

[0.071]

[0.080]

[0.054]

[0.074]

[0.233]

[0.160]

Netherlands

1.132***

1.139***

0.948

0.868***

0.893

0.781

 

[0.040]

[0.051]

[0.040]

[0.042]

[0.114]

[0.122]

Spain

1.417***

1.164***

1.181***

1.341***

0.699***

0.619***

 

[0.057]

[0.053]

[0.058]

[0.064]

[0.097]

[0.103]

Italy

1.528***

1.495***

1.153***

1.855***

0.832

0.625***

 

[0.060]

[0.066]

[0.050]

[0.086]

[0.108]

[0.099]

France

1.673***

1.274***

1.608***

1.335***

1.270**

0.953

 

[0.057]

[0.057]

[0.060]

[0.062]

[0.150]

[0.143]

Switzerland

1.124***

1.154**

0.920*

1.102

1.451***

1.395

 

[0.049]

[0.068]

[0.045]

[0.070]

[0.197]

[0.290]

Belgium

1.648***

1.434***

1.502***

1.578***

1.286**

0.738**

 

[0.052]

[0.058]

[0.053]

[0.068]

[0.140]

[0.107]

N

28,328

26,571

28,736

ll

−79,599.46

−65,222.37

−14,501.18

AIC

159,332.92

130,578.75

29,136.36

BIC

159,792.90

131,053.71

29,597.29

  1. IRR Incidence-rate ratios. * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. IRR of time-averaged covariates are not shown. Standard errors in brackets