Table 2 Factors Associated with Receiving Care at Adult Health Care Clinics Before the Age of 18 Years on Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis
Variables | Multivariate logistic regression | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
β | Odds Ratio (OR) | 95 % CI | p value | |
Gender | ||||
Female | −0.844 | 0.430 | 0.184–1.005 | 0.051 |
Male | Reference | |||
Cancer | ||||
Simple primary | 0.173 | 1.189 | 0.486–2.905 | 0.705 |
Multiple primary | Reference | |||
Mean medical expenses per visit before age of 18 | ||||
Low (≤ USD $3) | 0.912 | 2.489 | 1.020–6.077 | 0.045 |
High (> USD $3) | Reference | |||
Clinic visit frequency (mean yearly) before age of 18 | ||||
Low (≤2 times) | 0.130 | 1.139 | 0.394–3.295 | 0.810 |
High (>2 times) | Reference | |||
The age of first visit | −0.304 | 0.738 | 0.647–0.842 | < 0.001 |
Hospital location | ||||
Taipei | −0.937 | 0.392 | 0.071–2.171 | 0.284 |
New Taipei | 0.165 | 1.179 | 0.260–5.352 | 0.831 |
Taoyuan | −16.151 | 0.000 | 0.000 - . | 0.997 |
Taichung | −0.242 | 0.785 | 0.137–4.501 | 0.786 |
Tainan | 0.967 | 2.630 | 0.506–13.665 | 0.250 |
Kaohsiung | −15.769 | 0.000 | 0.000 - . | 0.997 |
Non-metropolitan | Reference | |||
Hospital Performance-level | ||||
AMCs | −15.405 | 0.000 | 0.000 - . | 0.997 |
SHETs | 2.202 | 9.044 | 2.840–28.807 | < 0.001 |
Others | Reference | |||