Table 1 Characteristics of the population who reported fair or poor health and whether they had used at least one health service in the past 12 months
From: Unconnected and out-of-sight: identifying health care non-users with unmet needs
LINKIN (n = 1630) | HILDA Non-metropolitan* (n = 1300) | HILDA* (n = 3122) | ||||||||||
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Non-users, n (%) | OR | 95% CI | P | Non-users % | OR | 95% CI | P | Non-users % | OR | 95% CI | P | |
Fair or poor health | 70 (4.4) | 68 (5.2) | (140) 4.5 | |||||||||
Mean age (SD) (years) | 56.2 (18.2) | 0.98 | 0.97-0.99 | 0.013 | 39.7 (13.1) | 0.95 | 0.94-0.97 | <0.001 | 40.8 (15.3) | 0.96 | 0.95- 0.97 | <0.001 |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Males | 38 (55.1) | 68.2 | 65.0 | |||||||||
Females | 31 (44.9) | 0.65 | 0.40-1.06 | 0.085 | 31.8 | 0.49 | 0.25-0.97 | 0.04 | 35.0 | 0.52 | 0.29-0.94 | 0.031 |
Marital status | ||||||||||||
Not ‘single/never married’ | 49 (72.1) | 69.7 | 58.4 | |||||||||
Single/never married | 19 (27.9) | 2.5 | 1.44- 4.34 | <0.001 | 30.3 | 1.68 | 0.87-3.24 | 0.12 | 41.6 | 2.9 | 1.63-3.33 | 0.001 |
Smoking status | ||||||||||||
Not a smoker | 27 (44.3) | 46.4 | 60.9 | |||||||||
Smoker | 34 (55.7) | 3.81 | 2.26- 6.40 | <0.001 | 53.6 | 3.29 | 1.61-6.73 | 0.002 | 39.1 | 2.08 | 0.97-4.47 | 0.06 |
Work status | ||||||||||||
Not unemployed | 54 (83.1) | 91.3 | 86.2 | |||||||||
Unemployed | 11 (16.9) | 4.89 | 2.44 -9.82 | <0.001 | 8.8 | 2.51 | 0.63-9.93 | 0.186 | 13.8 | 4.07 | 0.71-28.1 | 0.108 |
Highest qualification | ||||||||||||
> Year 11 or above | 19 (30.2) | 53.5 | 71.8 | |||||||||
Year 10 or below | 44 (69.8) | 1.65 | 0.95-2.85 | 0.075 | 46.5 | 0.86 | 0.48-1.5 | 0.598 | 28.2 | 0.59 | 0.36-0.90 | 0.017 |
Number of health conditions | ||||||||||||
0 | 17 (24.3) | 50.3 | 65.3 | |||||||||
1 or more | 53 (75.7) | 0.16 | 0.09- 0.29 | <0.001 | 49.7 | 0.24 | 0.13-0.46 | <0.001 | 34.7 | 0.14 | 0.08-0.25 | <0.001 |
EQ-5D Anxiety/ depression | ||||||||||||
no problems | 18 (31.6) | |||||||||||
At least some | 39 (68.4) | 1.9 | 1.08- 3.35 | 0.027 | ||||||||
EQ-5D Mobility | ||||||||||||
no problems | 34 (56.7) | |||||||||||
At least some | 26 (43.3) | 0.76 | 0.45- 1.28 | 0. 303 | ||||||||
EQ-5D Pain/discomfort | ||||||||||||
no problems | 18 (29.5) | |||||||||||
At least some | 43 (70.5) | 0.57 | 0.33- 1.01 | 0.052 | ||||||||
EQ-5D Usual activities | ||||||||||||
no problems | 24 (42.9) | |||||||||||
At least some | 32 (57.1) | 0.58 | 0.34- 1.00 | 0.048 | ||||||||
Problem/s EQ-5D but no health condition | ||||||||||||
No | 56 (86.2) | |||||||||||
Yes | 9 (13.9) | 5 | 2.32-10.6 | >0.001 | ||||||||