Table 4 Sequential Logistic Regression results on the determinants of healthcare use among poor older people

  Female

(1.002–7.244)

(0.969–7.974)

(0.719–7.920)

(0.412–12.981)

  70–74 ^b

(0.404–5.528)

(0.220–3.776)

(0.134–3.952)

(0.127–4.285)

  75–79

(0.182–2.722)

(0.120–2.511)

(0.047–1.526)

(0.017–1.457)

  80–84

(0.244–3.075)

(0.103–1.860)

(0.081–2.438)

(0.030–4.791)

  85–89

(0.140–3.005)

(0.076–2.308)

(0.036–2.094)

(0.007–1.170)

  90 and above

(0.316–3.820)

(0.121–2.061)

(0.081–2.17)

(0.069–2.028)

  Akan ^c

(0.001–0.015)

(0.001–0.017)

(0.0025–0.0023)

(0.184–3.658)

  Muslim ^d

(0.162–1.364)

(0.238–2.735)

(0.115–1.659)

(0.417–8.076)

  Traditional

(0.057–2.225)

(0.103–5.229)

(0.064–16.295)

(0.041–15.797)

  Married ^e

(0. 761–6.810)

(0.645–6.519)

(0.559–6.802)

(0.575–14.266)

  Basic School ^f

(0.252–1.877)

(0.116–1.292)

(0.085–0.987)

  Senior High School

(0.199–3.794)

(0.075–2.588)

(0.117–2.474)

  200 or below ^g

(0.492–3.661)

(0.421–4.415)

(0.548–10.210)

  201–300

(0.396–5.932)

(0.366–8.309)

(0.416–23.599)

  Above 300

(0.276–9.742)

(0.245–11.145)

(0.509–24.704)

  Uninsured

(0.016–0.585)

(0.025–1.660)

(0.015–5.826)

  No Family support

(0.065–0.655)

(0.028–0.552)

(0.120–0.620)

 No Past illness (3 months)

(0.026–1.292)

(0.057–0.197)

 Poor health status

(0.179–1.568)

(0.153–2.943)

 No chronic Non-Communicable Diseases(NCDs)

(0.042–0.602)

(0.101–0.723)

 No Disability

(0.445–11.925)

(2.415–29.921)

 Non- physical activity

(0.303–3.746)

 Non-alcohol users

(0.133–1.503)

 Non-tobacco smokers

(0.097–3.370)

 Inadequate (low) fruits intake (less than 5 serving fruits per day)

(0.552–8.740)

 Inadequate (low) vegetable intakes (less than 5 serving vegetables per day)

(0.362–10.20)

 -2Log Likelihood

158.617

141.095

110.951

108.696

 Hosmer-Lemeshow χ² (significance)

1.387(0.917)

9.986(0.266)

10.620(0.224)

10.879(0.209)

 Nagelkerke R²

0.089

0.229

0.442

0.457