Table 1.

Ratings of Patient Adherence to Diabetes Treatments, by Patient Characteristics

		Patient	Provider	Difference	Absolute Difference
Patient Characteristic	Percent of Patients	Scale of 0–10	Scale of 0–10	Patient–Provider	|Patient–Provider|
Readily Observable to MD
Race		+	++	+	+++
White	0.814	7.8	7.0	0.8	1.5
Black	0.173	7.1*	5.4***	1.8**	2.5***
Other	0.032	6.6*	6.3	0.3	1.5
Sex
Male	0.429	7.8	7.0	0.9	1.6
Female	0.571	7.6	6.5	1.1	1.8
Age
18–44	0.237	7.9	6.3	1.6	2.0
45–54	0.250	7.5	6.9	0.6**	1.2**
55–64	0.263	7.4	6.6	0.7	1.8
65+	0.250	7.9	6.9	1.1	1.7
Less Observable to MD
Education			+++	+++	+++
Less than high school	0.141	7.8	5.7	2.2	2.5
High school grad	0.276	7.4	6.9**	0.6***	1.3***
Some college	0.231	7.9	6.1	1.8	2.2
College grad	0.199	7.5	7.1**	0.4***	1.5**
Post-college	0.154	7.8	7.6***	0.2***	1.0***
Income			+++
<$15,000	0.218	7.3	5.7	1.6	2.0
$15,000–29,999	0.173	8.3**	7.1**	1.2	1.7
$30,000–49,999	0.212	7.2	6.6	0.6*	1.9
$50,000–69,999	0.167	7.7	6.5	1.2	1.7
$70,000–99,999	0.103	7.9	7.3**	0.7	1.2
$100,000+	0.128	7.9	7.7***	0.3**	1.2*
Insurance
Employer provided	0.513	7.8	7.0	0.8	1.7
Individual	0.115	7.6	6.7	0.9	1.3
Medicare	0.186	7.7	6.6	1.2	1.8
Medicaid or other public	0.064	7.6	6.0	1.6	1.8
Other	0.026	8.0	6.8	1.3	1.3
Uninsured	0.096	7.1	5.8*	1.3	1.7
Cognitive ability
Below average	0.596	7.8	6.6	1.1	1.8
Above average	0.404	7.5	6.7	0.8	1.5
Totals	156	7.7	6.7	1.0	1.7

Tests for significant differences across groups:

⁺p <.10

⁺⁺p <.05

⁺⁺⁺p <.01.

Tests for significant differences from reference group (first listed within each category):

^*p <.10

^**p <.05

^***p <.01.