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Table 4 Odd ratios of having received at least one medical consultation in the last month, have been hospitalised in the last 12 months, or have received drug prescription in the last 15 days

From: Self-rated health as a valid indicator for health-equity analyses: evidence from the Italian health interview survey

 

Received at least one medical specialist consultation in the four weeks

Hospitalized at least once in the last year

Received drug prescriptions in the last two weeks

OR

95% C.I.

OR

95% C.I.

OR

95% C.I.

lower

upper

lower

upper

lower

upper

Chronic Diseases

 Asthma

1199

1194

1203

1132

0,921

1391

1255

1067

1476

 Chronic bronchitis

1267

1262

1271

1204

1010

1437

1152

0,986

1347

 Myocardial infarction

1490

1483

1498

1981

1585

2477

1879

1450

2434

 Angina pectoris

1275

1269

1281

1642

1332

2024

1019

0,814

1277

 Hypertension

1200

1198

1202

1005

0,894

1129

2692

2484

2917

 Stroke

0,904

0,899

0,909

1636

1263

2121

1007

0,751

1350

 Arthrosis and arthritis

1131

1129

1133

0,940

0,827

1067

1203

1097

1320

 Diabetes

1374

1370

1377

1111

0,955

1292

1503

1321

1711

 Cirrhosis of the liver

0,587

0,579

0,595

1898

1054

3421

0,978

0,505

1893

 Kidney failure

1246

1239

1254

1576

1174

2115

1162

0,834

1619

 Depression

1455

1449

1460

0,875

0,709

1079

1709

1413

2067

 Chronic anxiety

0,902

0,898

0,906

1339

1064

1685

1252

0,999

1570

 Malignant tumour

2567

2556

2579

3126

2547

3837

1724

1375

2162

 Alzheimer’s disease

0,756

0,751

0,761

0,883

0,660

1181

1244

0,911

1699

 Parkinson’s disease

0,972

0,963

0,981

0,764

0,485

1203

1149

0,702

1882

Self-rated health

 Very well

0,635

0,633

0,637

0,500

0,397

0,630

0,509

0,459

0,564

 Well

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 Fair

1681

1678

1684

1981

1744

2251

1734

1603

1875

 Bad

3105

3095

3114

4254

3601

5026

2310

1997

2671

 Very bad

2455

2442

2467

6087

4756

7791

2352

1795

3082

Demographics

 30–34

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 35–39

0,995

0,991

0,999

1411

1026

1941

1040

0,876

1235

 40–44

0,970

0,966

0,974

1114

0,814

1524

1203

1025

1412

 45–49

0,974

0,970

0,978

1158

0,854

1571

1302

1112

1523

 50–54

1057

1053

1061

1037

0,762

1410

1447

1237

1693

 55–59

0,941

0,937

0,945

1204

0,888

1633

1805

1539

2118

 60–64

0,973

0,969

0,977

1448

1072

1956

2211

1880

2600

 65–69

1018

1014

1022

1248

0,920

1692

2338

1981

2759

 70–74

1033

1029

1038

1573

1156

2140

2567

2153

3061

 75–79

0,970

0,966

0,975

1456

1067

1988

2692

2237

3240

 80–84

1067

1062

1072

1714

1247

2356

2669

2181

3268

 85 +

0,761

0,757

0,764

1782

1291

2460

2695

2179

3333

Sex

 Male

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 Female

1396

1394

1399

0,931

0,841

1031

1299

1219

1384

Geographic area

 North west

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 North East

1022

1020

1025

1025

0,887

1183

1153

1053

1263

 Centre

0,996

0,994

0,999

0,937

0,809

1085

1019

0,928

1118

 South

0,693

0,692

0,695

0,798

0,690

0,922

0,865

0,790

0,947

 Islands

0,814

0,811

0,816

0,960

0,805

1146

0,750

0,667

0,844