Table 2.

Factors Significantly Related to Delaying or Not Getting a Prescription in Multivariable Logistic Regression Model (N=545)

Explanatory Variables	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Demographics
Black	0.93 (0.52, 1.63)
Latino	0.44* (0.20, 0.97)
Female	1.44 (0.86, 2.41)
Less than high-school education	1.70 (0.98, 2.97)
Economic constraints
Has no health insurance	1.67 (0.90, 3.08)
Not working	1.81* (1.08, 3.06)
Has difficulty paying bills	1.24 (0.66, 2.34)
Health
Self-reported health (1=excellent, 5=poor)	0.85 (0.67, 1.08)
Felt down, depressed, hopeless, and felt little interest or pleasure in doing things in past 2 weeks	2.71† (1.58, 4.66)
Perceived discrimination
Thinks our health care system treats people unfairly based on race or ethnic background (very, moderately, and somewhat often=1)	2.02† (1.11, 3.17)
Thinks racism is a major or minor problem in health care institutions in Durham County	0.93 (0.59, 1.65)

^*Indicates significance at the 5% level.

^†Indicates significance at the 1% level.

Standard errors are robust.

C-statistic=0.70.

OR indicates the odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.