From: Which factors affect health care use among older Germans? Results of the German ageing survey
Independent variables | (1) | (2) | |
---|---|---|---|
GP | Specialist | ||
Predisposing factors | Age (in years) | 0.00576 | −0.00776 |
(0.00691) | (0.00886) | ||
Other marital statuses (Ref.: Married, living together with spouse) | −0.146 | −0.0811 | |
(0.0960) | (0.106) | ||
Retired (Ref.: Working) | 0.165* | −0.0138 | |
(0.0801) | (0.126) | ||
Other: not employed | 0.181* | 0.0822 | |
(0.0759) | (0.101) | ||
Enabling resources | (Log) equivalence income | 0.0754 | 0.0993 |
(0.0544) | (0.0718) | ||
Self-rated accessibility of doctors (Ref.: No accessibility of doctors) | 0.00891 | 0.0131 | |
(0.0375) | (0.0539) | ||
Need factors | Self-rated health (from “very good” to “very bad”) | 0.108*** | 0.200*** |
(0.0268) | (0.0338) | ||
Number of chronic diseases | 0.0425** | 0.0557** | |
(0.0140) | (0.0174) | ||
Underweight (Ref.: Normal weight) | −0.147 | 0.0770 | |
(0.177) | (0.217) | ||
Overweight | −0.0217 | −0.156* | |
(0.0570) | (0.0726) | ||
Obesity | −0.00928 | −0.238* | |
(0.0778) | (0.113) | ||
Currently smoking (Ref.: Currently not smoking) | 0.0463 | −0.188 | |
(0.111) | (0.163) | ||
Physical activities (in hours per week) | 0.0204** | 0.0161+ | |
(0.00739) | (0.00867) | ||
Observations | 2630 | 2744 | |
Number of Individuals | 1315 | 1372 |