Research Article
Ethnic Variations in Healthcare Service Utilization and Access in Vietnamese Mountainous Setting
Table 4
Factors associated with health service use.
| | Number of inpatient service use | Number of outpatient service use | Coef. | | 95% CI | Coef. | | 95% CI |
| Ethnic | Kinh | Ref | | | | Ref | | | | Tay | 0.11 | 0.75 | −0.55 | 0.77 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.49 | Others | -0.09 | 0.83 | −0.94 | 0.75 | −0.64 | 0.01 | −1.13 | −0.16 | Age | -0.01 | 0.15 | −0.03 | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.38 | −0.003 | 0.01 |
| Gender | Female | Ref | | | | Ref | | | | Male | −1.18 | <0.001 | −1.69 | -0.66 | 0.22 | 0.10 | −0.04 | 0.48 |
| Education | Elementary or below | | | | | | | | | Secondary | −0.42 | 0.045 | −0.84 | −0.01 | −0.09 | 0.35 | −0.29 | 0.10 | ≥ high | −1.15 | <0.001 | −1.88 | −0.42 | 0.05 | 0.67 | −0.19 | 0.30 |
| Marital status | Single | Ref | | | | Ref | | | | Having spouse | −1.01 | <0.001 | −1.51 | −0.50 | 0.24 | 0.046 | 0.004 | 0.47 |
| Smoking | Never | Ref | | | | Ref | | | | Ever smoking | −1.79 | <0.001 | −2.74 | -0.83 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.59 | Number of acute symptoms (last 4 weeks) | −0.04 | 0.50 | −0.15 | 0.07 | −0.02 | 0.48 | −0.07 | 0.03 | Number of chronic diseases (last 3 months) | −0.09 | 0.39 | −0.30 | 0.12 | 0.16 | <0.001 | 0.07 | 0.25 | Distance to the commune health center (km) | −0.02 | 0.44 | −0.07 | 0.03 | −0.03 | 0.08 | −0.06 | 0.003 |
| Log likelihood | −291.8742 | −633.1353 | | | | | | | Prob > chi2 | <0.01 | <0.01 | | | | | | | AIC | 629.7483 | 1312.271 | | | | | | | BIC | 715.0881 | 1397.61 | | | | | | |
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