Table 3

Ordered logistic regression models of holistic East Asian medicine (EM) use on the use of biomedical services and other covariates

Model 1Model 2Model 3Model 4
OR(95% CI)OR(95% CI)OR(95% CI)OR(95% CI)
Biomedical service use1.27***(1.13 to 1.42)1.18**(1.05 to 1.33)1.23***(1.09 to 1.38)1.17**(1.04 to 1.31)
EM use frequency (Ref=1 to 3 times)
 4 to 10 times2.29***(2.00 to 2.64)2.30***(2.00 to 2.65)
 11 to 30 times3.38***(2.90 to 3.96)3.45***(2.93 to 4.06)
 31 or more times3.40***(2.71 to 4.27)3.53***(2.78 to 4.47)
Self-rated health status (Ref=very good)
 Very bad0.88(0.54 to 1.43)0.58*(0.35 to 0.95)
 Bad1.32(0.93 to 1.88)0.92(0.64 to 1.32)
 Fair1.10(0.78 to 1.55)0.84(0.59 to 1.19)
 Good0.91(0.64 to 1.29)0.78(0.55 to 1.11)
Female1.09(0.96 to 1.24)
Age (Ref=less than 20)
 20s or 30s2.96***(1.98 to 4.44)
 40s3.28***(2.13 to 5.05)
 50s3.06***(2.00 to 4.70)
 60s2.45***(1.58 to 3.79)
 70s2.29***(1.46 to 3.58)
 80s or more2.33**(1.37 to 3.97)
Marital status (Ref=single)
 Married1.12(0.91 to 1.39)
 Widowed/
 divorced/separated
1.13(0.83 to 1.52)
 Others1.08(0.50 to 2.34)
Education (Ref=no formal education)
 Elementary school1.05(0.80 to 1.38)
 Middle school0.92(0.68 to 1.25)
 High school0.97(0.72 to 1.31)
 College or graduate school0.90(0.66 to 1.24)
Household income (Ref=less than 1 million wons)
 1 to 1.9 million wons1.00(0.82 to 1.22)
 2 to 2.9 million wons0.95(0.77 to 1.17)
 3 to 3.9 million wons1.02(0.81 to 1.28)
 4 to 4.9 million wons1.05(0.82 to 1.35)
 5 million wons or more1.19(0.92 to 1.54)
Observations3861386138613861
  • Note, significant at *0.01, **0.01, ***0.001.