Mortality differentials by income and health services use among participants of the Nova Scotia Nutrition Survey
| Family physician services | Specialist services | Days in hospital | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | Deaths/participants | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| OR, odds ratio are all adjusted for age and gender differences and, in the corresponding columns, further adjusted for family physician services, specialist services, or days in hospital; 95% CI, 95% confidence intervals. | |||||||||
| <$20000 | 85/571 | reference | reference | reference | reference | ||||
| $20000–$40000 | 47/713 | 0.79 | 0.52 to 1.19 | 0.90 | 0.58 to 1.41 | 0.70 | 0.45 to 1.10 | 0.82 | 0.50 to 1.34 |
| >$40000 | 17/532 | 0.56 | 0.31 to 1.02 | 0.68 | 0.36 to 1.26 | 0.33 | 0.17 to 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.34 to 1.27 |