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Table 5 The determinants of any private finance of medical care use (random effects logit regression)

From: Private finance of services covered by the National Health Insurance package of benefits in Israel

 

Any use

Primary care

Secondary care

Paramedical care

Hospitalization

Odds ratio

[95 % conf. interval]

Odds ratio

[95 % conf. interval]

Odds ratio

[95 % conf. interval]

Odds ratio

[95 % conf. interval]

Odds ratio

[95 % conf. interval]

Income

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.001

1.000

1.000

1.000

Sickness

               

 0

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

 1+

1.299

1.053

1.604

1.592

1.079

2.350

1.773

0.872

3.605

2.296

0.768

6.864

0.777

0.543

1.114

Education

               

 0–8

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

 9–12

1.511

1.116

2.047

1.602

0.952

2.694

0.551

0.193

1.569

0.864

0.152

4.895

1.772

1.108

2.834

 13+

1.478

1.083

2.017

1.373

0.816

2.312

0.649

0.229

1.837

1.827

0.305

10.955

1.560

0.952

2.558

Region

               

 Jerusalem

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

 North

1.091

0.640

1.859

0.675

0.268

1.700

0.357

0.058

2.203

1.755

0.173

17.817

1.750

0.639

4.796

 Haifa

1.448

0.904

2.319

1.476

0.663

3.286

0.492

0.109

2.222

4.203

0.454

38.937

2.355

0.923

6.013

 Center

0.979

0.701

1.367

0.906

0.528

1.555

0.589

0.201

1.729

0.733

0.170

3.153

2.446

1.137

5.260

 Tel aviv

1.104

0.778

1.567

1.013

0.573

1.792

0.430

0.136

1.358

0.894

0.203

3.925

3.331

1.540

7.207

 South

0.999

0.639

1.563

0.992

0.476

2.068

0.295

0.066

1.319

1.583

0.233

10.740

2.094

0.841

5.212

 Judea-Samaria

1.075

0.551

2.097

2.248

0.800

6.316

0.244

0.022

2.706

18.23

0.049

40.340

0.542

0.106

2.778

Peripheral status

               

 Periphery

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

 Intermediate

1.035

0.714

1.502

0.735

0.378

1.428

1.112

0.287

4.303

1.090

0.188

6.307

1.591

0.894

2.832

 Center

1.141

0.689

1.890

0.987

0.421

2.312

0.869

0.150

5.020

2.462

0.231

26.294

0.849

0.348

2.068

Age

               

 0–24

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

 25–64

0.856

0.682

1.074

1.042

0.712

1.523

0.296

0.129

0.678

0.122

0.020

0.751

1.086

0.724

1.630

 65–74

0.712

0.501

1.013

0.817

0.453

1.474

0.223

0.066

0.755

0.089

0.008

1.035

1.089

0.608

1.951

 75+

0.662

0.459

0.956

0.843

0.460

1.545

0.158

0.043

0.583

0.080

0.006

1.041

0.919

0.503

1.681

Gender

               

 Men

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

1.000

  

 Women

1.122

0.939

1.342

1.593

1.131

2.245

0.640

0.348

1.177

1.220

0.538

2.767

1.062

0.789

1.429

Constant

0.030

0.015

0.060

0.013

0.002

0.080

0.117

0.012

1.160

0.044

0.001

2.102

0.038

0.012

0.122

Pseudo R2

 

0.019

  

0.022

  

0.029

  

0.101

  

0.046

 
  1. Bold = O.R is significantly different from1