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Table 3 Odds ratios of health care visits, by visit type and Veteran status

From: Canadian Veteran chronic disease prevalence and health services use in the five years following release: a matched retrospective cohort study using routinely collected data

Visit type

N (%)

Crude odds ratio

(95% CI)

p

Adjusted odds ratio*

(95% CI)

p

Adjusted odds ratio **

(95% CI)

p

Primary care physician visits

Veterans

26,268 (85.9)

1.61 (1.55–1.66)

 < 0.0001

1.63 (1.57–1.69)

 < 0.001

1.76 (1.70–1.83)

 < 0.001

Gen Pop

96,806 (79.2)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Specialist physician visits

Veterans

18,507 (60.5)

1.27 (1.24–1.30)

 < 0.0001

1.28 (1.25–1.31)

 < 0.0001

1.39 (1.35–1.42)

 < 0.001

Gen Pop

66,973 (54.8)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Emergency department visits

Veterans

12,875 (42.1)

0.91 (0.88–0.93)

 < 0.0001

0.89 (0.86–0.91)

 < 0.0001

0.95 (0.92–0.97)

 < 0.0001

Gen Pop

54,453 (44.5)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Hospitalizations

Veterans

3,236 (10.6)

0.90 (0.86–0.93)

 < 0.0001

0.88 (0.85–0.92)

 < 0.0001

0.99 (0.95–1.03)

0.50

Gen Pop

14,272 (11.7)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Home care visits

Veterans

900 (2.9)

0.86 (0.80–0.93)

 < 0.0001

0.86 (0.80–0.92)

 < 0.0001

0.97 (0.90–1.04)

0.39

Gen Pop

4,147 (3.4)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

  1. N Number of events, CI Confidence interval, ref Reference group, gen pop General population
  2. *Adjusted for age, sex, region of residence, income, rurality
  3. **Adjusted for age, sex, region of residence, income, rurality, asthma, COPD, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction and rheumatoid arthritis