Factors associated with the number of health visits within the past 12 months among older people in India, Study on global AGEing and adult health India Wave 1
| Explanatory variables | Model 1* | Model 2† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted IRR‡ (95% CI) | p Value | Adjusted IRR (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Age in years | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 0.41 | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 0.57 |
| Women | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.3) | 0.61 | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) | 0.50 |
| No formal education | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.2) | 0.82 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) | 0.29 |
| Widowed or separated | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) | 0.83 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) | 0.77 |
| Receiving pension support | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.3) | 0.51 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) | 0.69 |
| Health insurance | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.4) | 0.02 | 1.5 (0.9 to 2.2) | 0.08 |
| Annual per capita income | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.0) | 0.35 | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 0.24 |
| Angina | – | 1.5 (1.1 to 2.1) | 0.01 | |
| Chronic lung disease | – | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8) | 0.01 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | – | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.1) | <0.001 | |
| Hypertension | – | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.0) | <0.001 | |
| Stroke | – | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) | 0.48 | |
| Tuberculosis§ | – | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.7) | 0.002 | |
*Model 1 adjusted for (predisposing and enabling factors) socioeconomic variables.†Model 2 adjusted for socioeconomic and need variables.
‡Multivariate survey zero-inflated negative binomial regression with total health service visits in the past 12 months as dependent variable.
§Diagnosed and treated with antituberculosis treatment within 1 year.
IRR, incident rate ratio.