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Table 2 Association of multimorbidity with primary care and hospitalisation in China

From: Impacts of multimorbidity on medication treatment, primary healthcare and hospitalization among middle-aged and older adults in China: evidence from a nationwide longitudinal study

Variables (reference)

Health

check

Medication

treatment

Outpatient

care

Admission

to hospital

 

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

Multimorbidity (none)

1.51***

1.43

1.59

19.19***

17.60

20.93

2.39***

2.23

2.56

2.94***

2.68

3.21

Age (45–59 years)

1.51***

1.42

1.60

1.46***

1.34

1.59

1.04

0.96

1.11

1.62***

1.48

1.78

Gender (male)

1.15***

1.09

1.22

1.39***

1.27

1.52

1.31***

1.22

1.40

0.94

0.86

1.03

Marital status (married)

0.99

0.91

1.08

0.97

0.86

1.10

1.07

0.96

1.18

1.14

1.00

1.29

Education (primary school and below)

 Secondary school

1.13**

1.05

1.22

0.86*

0.77

0.97

0.93

0.85

1.02

0.87*

0.77

0.98

 College and above

1.48***

1.33

1.64

0.75***

0.64

0.88

0.96

0.85

1.09

0.77**

0.65

0.90

Residence place (urban)

0.80***

0.75

0.86

1.03

0.93

1.14

1.10*

1.01

1.19

0.88*

0.79

0.97

Region (Class 1, the most affluent)

 Class 2

0.40***

0.36

0.45

1.09

0.92

1.29

1.15*

1.00

1.31

1.26*

1.06

1.51

 Class 3

0.39***

0.35

0.44

1.06

0.89

1.28

1.00

0.86

1.16

1.73***

1.43

2.08

 Class 4

0.45***

0.40

0.49

1.15

0.99

1.34

1.36***

1.20

1.54

1.66***

1.41

1.96

 Class 5 ((the most deprived)

0.37***

0.33

0.42

1.33**

1.11

1.59

1.00

0.86

1.15

1.83***

1.51

2.20

PCE, quartile (Q1, the lowest)

 Q2

1.08*

1.01

1.16

1.13*

1.02

1.24

1.16**

1.06

1.26

1.18**

1.05

1.33

 Q3

1.16***

1.08

1.25

1.17**

1.06

1.29

1.12*

1.02

1.22

1.59***

1.41

1.78

 Q4 (the highest)

1.30***

1.21

1.41

1.22***

1.10

1.36

1.26***

1.14

1.38

1.98***

1.76

2.23

Health insurance(none)

 UEBMI

2.35***

2.03

2.73

1.43***

1.17

1.76

1.29**

1.07

1.56

1.75

1.39***

2.20

 URBMI

1.35***

1.15

1.58

1.37**

1.11

1.69

1.22

0.99

1.49

1.40

1.09**

1.79

 NCMS

1.36***

1.21

1.52

1.22**

1.05

1.42

1.51***

1.31

1.75

1.50

1.24***

1.81

 Others

2.16***

1.76

2.67

1.51**

1.14

2.01

1.31**

1.01

1.70

1.35

0.98

1.86

  1. PCE Per capita household annual consumption expenditure, UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance, URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, NCMS New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; Others, government healthcare, private medical insurance and so on. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05 significance test