Table 7 Factors associated with the use of services by patients > 65 years

From: Chronic diseases in the geriatric population: morbidity and use of primary care services according to risk level

Use of primary care services
Variables	B Coefficient	95% CI		P
		Lower	Upper	P
Age^a	0.3	0.2	0.4	< 0.01
High risk level^b	1.9	0.5	3.4	< 0.01
Complexity Index^a	0.7	0.6	0.8	< 0.01
≥ 4 chronic diseases^b	0.7	0.3	1.2	< 0.01

Linear regression R² = 0.22
^aContinuous variable
^bDichotomous variable

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