From: Factors associated with the use of health services by elderly men in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Variable | Use of services for consultation in basic care % (95% CI) | Use of health services in the last 2 weeks % (95% CI) | Use of services only for hospitalization in the past year % (95% CI) | Use of services for sporadic medical consultation % (95% CI) | P value |
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Block 1 - Predisposition factors | |||||
Region of the country | 0,00* | ||||
North | 11,5 (9,5-13,8) | 4,5 (3,2-6,2) | 5,6 (4,2-7,3) | 78,5 (75,8–80,9)a | |
Northeast | 12,7 (11,2-14,3) | 3,2 (2,5-4,1) | 7,1 (5,8-8,6) | 77,0 (75,0-79,0)a | |
Southeast | 20,1 (18,1-22,3)a | 4,4 (3,3-5,7) | 4,1 (3,2-5,3) | 71,4 (69,0-73,7) | |
South | 20,2 (17,8-22,8)a | 7,0 (5,1-9,5)a | 8,0 (6,2-10,3)a | 64,8 (61,0–68,4) | |
Midwest | 13,0 (11,0-15,4) | 5,0 (3,7-6,8) | 9,9 (7,8-12,4)a | 72,1 (69,0-75,0) | |
Condition of the elderly at home | 0,14 | ||||
Head of household | 17,3 (16,1-18,7) | 4,2 (3,4-5,1) | 5,6 (4,9-6,5) | 72,9 (71,3–74,4) | |
Not responsible for home | 17,1 (15,0-19,5) | 5,5 (4,2-7,2) | 6,8 (5,5-8,3) | 70,6 (67,7-73,2) | |
Age | 0,00* | ||||
Below the median | 16,7 (15,2-18,4) | 3,6 (2,9-4,5) | 5,2 (4,4-6,1) | 74,5 (72,5–76,4)a | |
Above the median | 17,9 (16,3-19,7) | 5,6 (4,6-6,6)a | 6,7 (5,8-7,9)a | 69,8 (67,8–71,7) | |
Color / Race | 0,00* | ||||
White | 19,0 (17,3-20,8)a | 4,9 (4,0-6,0) | 5,7 (4,8-6,6) | 70,4 (68,4-72,4) | |
Black | 17,8 (14,1-22,1) | 5,1 (3,0-8,7) | 3,4 (2,2-5,3) | 73,7 (68,8–78,0) | |
Yellow / Indigenous | 19,3 (12,3-28,9) | 2,5 (0,7-8,5) | 4,8 (1,8-12,3) | 73,4 (63,2–81,5) | |
Brown | 14,6 (13,0-16,4) | 3,9 (3,1-4,9) | 6,9 (5,7-8,2)a | 74,6 (72,5–76,6)a | |
Marital status | 0,35 | ||||
Married | 17,2 (15,9-18,7) | 4,7 (3,9-5,6) | 5,3 (4,6-6,1) | 72,8 (71,2–74,4) | |
Separated / judicially disqualified | 19,9 (13,7-28,1) | 5,3 (2,7-10,3) | 4,8 (2,5-9,2) | 69,9 (60,7-77,8) | |
Divorced | 17,5 (12,5-24,0) | 5,4 (2,9-9,8) | 8,5 (5,4-13,3) | 68,5 (61,7-74,7) | |
Widower | 16,6 (13,5-20,3) | 3,8 (2,5-5,7) | 8,1 (6,1-10,5) | 71,5 (67,5–75,2) | |
Single | 17,5 (14,5-20,9) | 3,7 (2,5-5,5) | 7,0 (5,1-9,5) | 71,8 (68,0-75,4) | |
Can read and write | 0,00* | ||||
Yes | 18,3 (16,9-19,7)a | 4,7 (4,0-5,5) | 5,3 (4,6-6,0) | 71,8 (70,2–73,4) | |
No | 13,7 (11,7-16,0) | 3,9 (2,8-5,5) | 8,4 (6,7-10,4)a | 74,0 (71,1–76,7) | |
Block 2 - Capacity Factors | |||||
Health insurance | 0,00* | ||||
Yes | 19,6 (17,3-22,0)a | 5,6 (4,3-7,2) | 7,2 (5,8-8,9)a | 67,6 (64,6-70,5) | |
No | 16,4 (15,1-17,8) | 4,1 (3,4-4,9) | 5,4 (4,7-6,2) | 74,2 (72,6-75,7)a | |
Plan Time | 0,00* | ||||
Does not have health insurance | 16,4 (15,1-17,8) | 4,1 (3,4-4,9) | 5,4 (4,7-6,2) | 74,2 (72,6-75,7)a | |
Up to 6 months | 16,7 (8,4-30,6) | 4,7 (2,8-7,7) | 8,8 (2,9-23,9) | 69,8 (54,0–82,0) | |
More than 6 months to 1 year | 13,4 (4,8-32,4) | 1,1 (0,2-5,1) | 5,5 (1,2-22,4) | 80,0 (58,1–92,1) | |
More than 1 year up to 2 years | 31,4 (19,7-46,1)a | 2,8 (0,9-8,5) | 2,5 (1,2-5,2) | 63,4 (49,2–75,5) | |
More than 2 years | 19,2 (16,8-21,8) | 5,9 (4,5-7,7)a | 7,5 (6,0-9,3)a | 67,4 (64,2–70,5) | |
Satisfaction with the Plan | 0,00* | ||||
Does not have health insurance | 16,4 (15,1-17,8) | 4,1 (3,4-4,9) | 5,4 (4,7-6,2) | 74,2 (72,6-75,7)a | |
Very good | 13,0 (9,6-17,4) | 8,1 (4,8-13,5) | 9,8 (6,3-15,1) | 69,1 (62,2–75,2) | |
Good | 20,4 (17,2-24,0) | 5,2 (3,8-7,2) | 6,8 (5,2-9,0) | 67,6 (63,5–71,4) | |
Regular | 25,0 (19,9-30,8)a | 5,8 (3,9-8,6) | 6,1 (3,8-9,6) | 63,1 (56,7–69,1) | |
Bad | 9,4 (4,0-20,2) | 2,6 (0,5-11,5) | 14,3 (6,3-29,0) | 73,8 (58,9–84,7) | |
Very Bad | 7,0 (3,1-15,2) | 0,5 (0,1-3,9) | 2,6 (0,7-8,9) | 89,9 (80,1–95,1)a | |
Never used the plan | 20,0 (7,9–42,2) | 1,1 (0,2-6,8) | 1,5 (0,3-6,1) | 77,5 (56,2–90,2) | |
Participation in organized social activities | 0,59 | ||||
Yes | 18,1 (15,6-21,0) | 4,4 (3,1-6,2) | 6,7 (5,2-8,7) | 70,8 (67,4-73,9) | |
No | 17,1 (15,8-18,4) | 4,6 (3,9-5,3) | 5,7 (5,0-6,5) | 72,6 (71,1–74,1) | |
Block 3 - Factors of Need | |||||
Diagnosis of chronic, physical or mental illness | 0,00* | ||||
Yes | 23,2 (21,2-25,4)a | 7,9 (6,6-9,5)a | 7,7 (6,5-9,1)a | 61,1 (58,6–63,6) | |
No | 14,0 (12,8-15,4) | 2,6 (2,1-3,3) | 4,9 (4,2-5,8) | 78,4 (76,9-79,9)a | |
Level of difficulty in performing BADLs and IADLs | 0,00* | ||||
No difficulty | 17,1 (15,9-18,4) | 3,2 (2,6-3,9) | 5,2 (4,5-5,9) | 74,5 (73,0-76,0)a | |
With difficulty | 18,5 (15,5-21,8) | 12,9 (10,3-16,2)a | 10,8 (8,8-13,3)a | 57,8 (53,6–61,9) | |
Fall in the last 12 months | 0,00* | ||||
Yes | 23,0 (17,6-29,4) | 10,9 (7,8-14,9)a | 13,1 (9,5-17,6)a | 53,1 (46,5–59,6) | |
No | 17,0 (15,8-18,2) | 4,1 (3,5-4,9) | 5,5 (4,8-6,3) | 73,4 (71,9-74,8)a | |
Perceived health status | 0,02* | ||||
Very Good | 17,4(13,5-22,2) | 4,4 (2,4-8,1) | 9,0 (6,1-13,0) | 69,2 (63,4-74,4) | |
Good | 18,0 (16,2-19,9) | 4,0 (3,1-5,1) | 5,7 (4,8-6,8) | 72,4 (70,2–74,4) | |
Regular | 16,9 (15,3-18,7) | 4,7 (3,8-5,8) | 5,7 (4,7-6,9) | 72,6 (70,5–74,7) | |
Bad | 16,7 (13,4-20,7) | 4,4 (2,9-6,6) | 6,4 (4,6-8,8) | 72,5 (68,1–76,5) | |
Very Bad | 13,3 (8,7-19,9) | 11,6 (6,9-19,0)a | 2,8 (1,1-7,1) | 72,2 (64,4-78,9) |