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. 2005 Apr;40(2):389–400. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00363.x

Table 2.

Factors Associated with Preventive Health Care

Pap Smears (Women Age 18+) Mammograms (Women Age 50–69) Influenza Vaccination (Age 65+) Pneumococcal Vaccination (Age 65+)




Adj OR 99% CI Adj OR 99% CI Adj OR 99% CI Adj OR 99% CI
Income
 Q1, poorest (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Q2 1.29 1.23–1.34 1.33 1.22–1.44 1.06 1.00–1.13 1.03 0.96–1.10
 Q3 1.44 1.39–1.50 1.62 1.50–1.76 1.07 1.01–1.13 0.99 0.92–1.06
 Q4 1.61 1.55–1.68 1.86 1.72–2.01 1.10 1.03–1.17 0.92 0.86–0.99
 Q5, wealthiest 1.82 1.75–1.90 2.31 2.13–2.50 1.12 1.05–1.19 0.86 0.80–0.93
Mobility
 Did not move (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Moved 1.12 1.08–1.17 0.86 0.79–0.95 0.76 0.71–0.82 1.00 0.92–1.08
Utilization (visits)
 1–3 0.83 0.80–0.86 0.71 0.66–0.76 0.62 0.58–0.65 0.61 0.56–0.66
 4–12 (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 13+ 0.79 0.77–0.82 0.84 0.79–0.90 1.28 1.23–1.34 1.41 1.34–1.48
Marital status
 Not married (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Married 1.43 1.40–1.48 1.32 1.25–1.39 1.30 1.25–1.36 1.06 1.01–1.11
Health status (ADGs)
 ADG 0–1, healthiest (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 ADG 2–3 2.41 2.32–2.51 1.92 1.77–2.07 1.69 1.58–1.81 1.40 1.28–1.54
 ADG 4+, sickest 3.83 3.68–4.00 2.88 2.66–3.13 2.08 1.95–2.23 1.64 1.50–1.79
COC 75%
 Low (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 High 1.03 1.01–1.06 1.01 0.96–1.06 1.19 1.14–1.24 1.25 1.19–1.31
COC 50%*
 Low (ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 High 1.13 1.10–1.17 1.16 1.08–1.24 1.22 1.15–1.30 1.32 1.22–1.42

COC, continuity of care using either a 75% or 50% majority-of-care definition; CI, confidence interval; ADG, ambulatory diagnostic groups; OR, odds ratio.

*

ORs derived from a separate analysis.

Age was included as an additional variable in all analyses; as the age categories differed, results are not shown here. Gender was also included for vaccination measures.