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Table 4 Coefficients from the logit regression on probability of hospitalization

From: Impact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaians

Variables

  

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Age

-.0024 [.1036]

.0076 [.1026]

.0082 [.1038]

.0235 [.1032]

.0334 [.1067]

Age2

-.0001 [.0007]

.0001 [.0007]

.0000 [.0007]

-.0001 [.0007]

-.0001 [.0007]

Married

-.0298 [.1063]

-.0246 [.1086]

-.0115 [.1084]

-.1215 [.1100]

-.1554[.1107]

Akan

.3199 [.1262]

.32018*** [.1289]

.3335*** [.1280]

.2413 *[.1278]

.1592[.1303]

Hypertension

 

.3109*** [.1139]

.3137*** [.1143]

.2382** [.1173]

.2143* [.1188]

Diabetics

 

1.3139*** [.3440]

1.2933 *** [.3426]

1.1914 *** [.3394 ]

1.1543*** [.3428]

Angina

 

.9861*** [.3683]

.9833 *** [.3657]

.9237*** [.3638]

.9245 *** [.3629]

Arthritis

 

-.1213 [.1569]

-.0769 [.1586]

-.0783 [.1586 ]

-.0227 [.1552]

Stroke

 

.0988 [.3722]

.0806 [.3688]

.0006 [.3599 ]

.0323 [.3503]

Visual impairment

-.1001[.1086]

-.0943 [.1097]

-.0762 [.1118 ]

-.0603[.1116]

Obese

 

-.3551 [.2323]

-.3350 [.2375]

-.5360** [.2434]

-.5704**[.2433]

Memory

  

.2678** [.1374]

.2914** [.1399 ]

.3124 **[.1401]

Visual diff

  

-.0755 [.1352]

-.0908** [.1374]

-.0794[.1411]

Sleep diff

  

-.1424 [.1269]

-.1076 [.1279 ]

-.0910[.1296 ]

Employment Status

  

.1586 [.1667 ]

.1933 [.1649 ]

Low income

   

.3735** [.1678 ]

.3324**[.1713 ]

High income

   

.7035 *** [.1597]

.6267*** [.1634]

Higher income

   

.7893*** [.1905]

.6800 *** [.1931]

Highest income

   

.8283 *** [.2194]

.6404*** [.2326 ]

Urban/rural

   

-.0975 [.1401]

-.0981 [.1420]

Illiteracy

    

-.1802 [.1408]

Social class

    

.3906*** [.1316]

Observations

2142

2142

2142

2142

2142

F-statistic

2.56

4.04

3.83

4.30

5.03

D.F

213

213

213

213

213

Prob > F

0.0394

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

  1. Note: ***, ** and * indicates1%, 5% and 10% significance level respectively.