Table 3.

Factors Significantly Related to Delaying or Not Getting a Test or Treatment that a Doctor Ordered in Multivariable Logistic Regression Models (N=545)

Explanatory Variables	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Demographics
Black	0.95 (0.42, 2.12)
Latino	0.40 (0.12, 1.32)
Female	1.30 (0.64, 2.65)
Less than high-school education	1.34 (0.64, 2.81)
Economic constraints
Has difficulty paying bills	1.35 (0.60, 3.02)
Not working	2.59† (1.32, 5.08)
Has no health insurance	2.68* (1.10, 6.52)
Health variables
Self-reported health (1=excellent, 5=poor)	0.96 (0.69, 1.34)
Felt down, depressed, hopeless, and felt little interest or pleasure in doing things in past 2 weeks	2.28 (1.11, 4.71)
Perceived discrimination
Thinks our health care system treats people unfairly based on race or ethnic background (very, moderately, and somewhat often=1)	1.03 (0.51, 2.06)
Thinks racism is a major or minor problem in health care institutions in Durham County	2.42* (1.09, 5.36)

^*Indicates significance at the 5% level.

^†Indicates significance at the 1% level.

Standard errors are robust.

C-statistic=0.73.

OR indicates the odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.