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Table 4 Multiple regression model of sociodemographic predictors of visit rates and number of recorded health problems

From: The contribution of demographic and morbidity factors to self-reported visit frequency of patients: a cross-sectional study of general practice patients in Australia

 

Partial coefficient(a) (95%CI)

p-value

Patient sex (ref: male)

0.0 (-0.6;0.5)

0.88

Patient age (ref: <1 year)

  

1–4 years

2.2 (1.5;2.9)

<.001

5–14

-0.2 (-0.8;0.4)

0.46

15–24

0.5 (-0.1;1.2)

0.08

25–44

2.2 (1.5;3.0)

<.001

45–64

1.9 (1.1;2.8)

<.001

65–74

2.0 (0.9;3.1)

<.001

75+

2.7 (1.4;4.1)

<.001

Accessibility (ref: Highly accessible)

  

Moderately accessible

-1.0 (-2.1;0.2)

0.12

Remote/very remote

-2.3 (-3.1;-1.5)

<.001

Concession health care card holder

2.6 (1.8;3.3)

<.001

Each extra health problem

1.6 (1.3;1.8)

<.001

  1. (a) Interpreted as the change in mean number of annual visits after adjusting for all other variables in the model.
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