Table 1.
Weighted Means, Confidence Intervals, and Ranges for Variables Used in the Analysis of Unmet Health Care Needs and Delayed Health Care Services
| Delayed Care | No Delayed Care | Unmet Needs | No Unmet Needs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.7%; N =6,502 | 78.3%; N =23,492 | 6.4%; N =1,913 | 93.6%; N =28,081 | |||||||
| Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | Min | Max | |
| Fiduciary trust in physician | 15.85••• | (15.74; 15.97) | 17.01 | (16.96; 17.06) | 14.44••• | (14.19; 14.69) | 16.92 | (16.87; 16.97) | 4 | 20 |
| Health insurance type | ||||||||||
| Private insurance† | 0.66 | (0.64; 0.67) | 0.66 | (0.66; 0.67) | 0.58*** | (0.55; 0.61) | 0.67 | (0.66; 0.67) | 0 | 1 |
| Medicare recipient | 0.13*** | (0.12; 0.14) | 0.23 | (0.22; 0.23) | 0.12*** | (0.10; 0.14) | 0.21 | (0.21; 0.22) | 0 | 1 |
| Medicaid/public insurance | 0.06*** | (0.05; 0.06) | 0.04 | (003; 0.04) | 0.07*** | (0.06; 0.09) | 0.04 | (0.04; 0.04) | 0 | 1 |
| Military insurance | 0.01 | (0.01; 0.02) | 0.01 | (0.01; 0.01) | 0.02 | (0.01; 0.02) | 0.01 | (0.01; 0.01) | 0 | 1 |
| No health insurance | 0.14*** | (0.13; 0.15) | 0.06 | (0.06; 0.07) | 0.21*** | (0.18; 0.24) | 0.09 | (0.08; 0.09) | 0 | 1 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic black | 0.11 | (0.11; 0.12) | 0.11 | (0.10; 0.11) | 0.12 | (0.10; 0.13) | 0.11 | (0.10;0.11) | 0 | 1 |
| Non-Hispanic white† | 0.77 | (0.75; 0.78) | 0.78 | (0.77; 0.79) | 0.73*** | (0.71; 0.76) | 0.78 | (0.77;0.79) | 0 | 1 |
| Hispanic | 0.08 | (0.07; 0.09) | 0.08 | (0.08; 0.09) | 0.11*** | (0.10; 0.13) | 0.08 | (0.08;0.08) | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0.04 | (0.03; 0.04) | 0.03 | (0.03; 0.04) | 0.04 | (0.03; 0.05) | 0.03 | (0.03;0.04) | 0 | 1 |
| Education (years)‡,§ | 13.19 | (13.11; 13.28) | 13.24 | (13.20; 13.28) | 13.07• | (12.92; 13.21) | 13.24 | (13.20; 13.28) | 6 | 19 |
| Household income ($10,000)‡ | 4.67••• | (4.57; 4.77) | 5.12 | (5.06; 5.17) | 4.36••• | (4.17; 4.55) | 5.07 | (5.02; 5.12) | 0 | 15 |
| Household income<poverty level | 0.12*** | (0.11; 0.13) | 0.09 | (0.09; 0.10) | 0.17*** | (0.15; 0.20) | 0.09 | (0.09; 0.10) | 0 | 1 |
| Delayed Care | No Delayed Care | Unmet Needs | No Unmet Needs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.7%; N =7,685 | 77.3%; N =26,203 | 7.0%; N =2,360 | 93.0%; N =31,528 | |||||||
| Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | Mean | (95% CI) | Min | Max | |
| Female | 0.62*** | (0.60; 0.64) | 0.54 | (0.53; 0.55) | 0.62*** | (0.59; 0.65) | 0.56 | (0.55; 0.56) | 0 | 1 |
| Age (years)‡ | 42.64••• | (42.14; 43.14) | 47.49 | (47.21; 47.78) | 41.40••• | (40.61; 42.19) | 46.78 | (46.52; 47.04) | 18 | 91 |
| Physical health index | 45.84••• | (45.43; 46.25) | 49.16 | (48.99; 49.32) | 44.03••• | (43.31; 44.75) | 48.74 | (48.58; 48.90) | 9.95 | 69.04 |
| Mental health index | 48.69••• | (48.34; 49.04) | 53.66 | (53.52; 53.80) | 46.73••• | (46.07; 47.39) | 52.98 | (52.84; 53.11) | 7.54 | 71.91 |
| Satisfaction w/choice for phys. | 4.31••• | (4.28; 4.35) | 4.66 | (4.65; 4.68) | 3.98••• | (3.90; 4.05) | 4.63 | (4.62; 4.64) | 1 | 5 |
| Number of visits‡ | 4.88••• | (4.72; 5.04) | 4.03 | (3.96; 4.09) | 5.46••• | (5.15; 5.77) | 4.13 | (4.06; 4.19) | 0 | 20 |
| Delayed needed care | 0.73*** | (0.70; 0.75) | 0.18 | (0.18; 0.19) | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Unmet health care needs | 0.22*** | (0.20; 0.23) | 0.02 | (0.02; 0.03) | 0 | 1 | ||||
Source: Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 1998–1999 (N =29,994).
†
Reference category.
‡
Top-coded variable.
§
Bottom-coded variable.
•
p <.05.
•••
p <.001 (T-test for difference between weighted means compared with other category of variable; two-tailed test).
*
p <.05.
**
p <.01.
***
p <.001 (Pearson design-based F-test for independence compared with other category of variable; two-tailed test).
CI, confidence interval.