Table 2 Determinants of GP as well as specialist visits. Results of negative binomial regressions

Meaning in life (from 1 = not at all to 5 = extremely)

1.04**

1.07**

(1.01–1.08)

(1.02–1.12)

Female (Ref.: male)

1.05+

1.78***

(1.00–1.11)

(1.66–1.91)

Age

1.00+

0.99*

(1.00–1.01)

(0.99–1.00)

Family status: - Married, living separated from spouse (Ref.: Married, living together with spouse)

0.94

1.34*

(0.77–1.16)

(1.06–1.70)

– Divorced

0.91+

1.03

(0.83–1.01)

(0.91–1.16)

– Widowed

1.02

0.90+

(0.94–1.10)

(0.80–1.01)

– Single

0.94

0.94

(0.82–1.07)

(0.79–1.11)

Employment status: - Retired (Reference: Employed)

1.22***

1.22**

(1.11–1.34)

(1.08–1.38)

– Other: not employed

1.05

1.15**

(0.96–1.15)

(1.04–1.29)

Log income

0.88***

1.17***

(0.83–0.93)

(1.08–1.27)

Self-rated health (from 1 = very good to 5 = very bad)

1.27***

1.24***

(1.23–1.33)

(1.18–1.31)

Depressive symptoms (from 0 (no depressive symptoms) to 45 (severe depressive symptoms))

1.00*

1.01***

(1.00–1.01)

(1.01–1.02)

Physical functioning (from 0 (worst) to 100 (best))

1.00***

1.00*

(1.00–1.00)

(1.00–1.00)

Number of physical illnesses (from 0 to 11)

1.09***

1.14***

(1.08–1.11)

(1.11–1.16)

Constant

3.17***

0.20***

(1.87–5.38)

(0.09–0.41)

Observations

3844

3850

Pseudo R²

.056

.045