Table 4 Percent Agreement and PABAKs for 9 Health Services between Self and Spousal Proxy Responses
Survey items | Percent agreement between self and spousal proxies | Percent of spousal proxies not indicating service use when the self did (or under-reporting) | Percent of spousal proxies indicating service use when the self did not (or over-reporting) | PABAKs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospitalization | ||||
In the last 2 years, have you been a patient in the hospital overnight? | 85.4 % | 10.4 % | 4.2 % | 0.58 |
How many different times were you a patient in the hospital in the last 2 years? | 78.0 % | 8.0 % | 14.0 % | 0.75 |
How many different nights were you a patient in the hospital in the last 2 years? | 76.0 % | 10.0 % | 14.0 % | 0.73 |
Outpatient Surgery | ||||
Not counting overnight hospital stays, in the last 2 years have you had outpatient surgery? | 74.5 % | 19.1 % | 6.4 % | 0.42 |
Joint Replacement Surgery | ||||
Have you ever had joint replacement surgery? | 98.0 % | 0.0 % | 2.0 % | 0.94 |
Cataract Surgery | ||||
Have you ever had cataract surgery? | 100 % | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | 1.00 |
Physician Visits | ||||
Aside from hospital stays or outpatient surgery, in the past 2 years how many times have you talked to a medical doctor about your health, including emergency room, clinic visits, or house calls? | 14.9 % | 46.8 % | 38.3 % | 0.20a |
Allowing for +/−2 visits to be agreement | 57.5 % | 25.5 % | 17.0 % | N/A |
How many of those visits were in the last year? | 6.8 % | 43.2 % | 50.0 % | 0.17a |
Allowing for +/−2 visits to be agreement | 47.7 % | 25.0 % | 27.3 % | N/A |
Dentist Visits | ||||
How many times have you seen a dentist in the last 2 years? | 22.0 % | 22.0 % | 54.0 % | 0.15 |
Allowing for +/−2 visits to be agreement | 72.0 % | 4.0 % | 24.0 % | N/A |