Table 3.
Marginal Probabilities for Type of Lower Priced Provider Based on Multinomial Regression Analysis
| Physician's Office | Hospital-Based Facility | Clinic or Health Center | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHC grant revenue per poor person (within 5 miles)† (+1 standard deviation) | 3.5 | −6.5* | 3.0* |
| County has CAP grant recipient‡ | −7.5 | −3.6 | 11.1* |
| Office-based physician charity care hours per uninsured person in site§ | |||
| (+1 standard deviation) | −5.7 | −1.7 | 7.4* |
| Number of safety net hospitals within 10 miles¶ | |||
| (+1 standard deviation) | −0.1 | 6.4* | −6.3 |
| Age (years) | |||
| 0–17 | 12.6 | −8.2* | −4.4* |
| 18–34 | 3.3 | −3.2 | −0.1 |
| Age 35–44 (reference group) | |||
| Age 45–64 | 14.6 | −3.0* | −11.6* |
| Male | −1.5 | 4.0 | −2.5 |
| White, non-Hispanic (reference group) | |||
| Black, non-Hispanic | −5.8 | 8.6* | −2.8 |
| Hispanic/citizen | −14.0 | 5.6* | 8.4* |
| Hispanic/noncitizen | −20.4 | 4.1* | 16.3* |
| Other race/ethnicity | −11.2 | 24.6* | −13.4 |
| Income below federal poverty line (reference group) | |||
| Between 100 and 199 percent FPL | 6.5 | 1.4 | −7.9 |
| Between 200 and 299 percent FPL | 12.0 | −1.5 | −10.4* |
| Between 300 and 399 percent FPL | 10.0 | 7.6 | −17.6 |
| 400 percent FPL and greater | 17.7 | −3.8* | −14.0* |
| Years of education (+1 year) | −0.2 | 0.3 | −0.1 |
| Single person | 1.1 | 14.5 | −15.6 |
| Married couple, no kids | 4.8 | −4.0 | −0.8 |
| Married couple with kids (reference group) | |||
| Single parent | 7.9 | −3.3 | −4.6 |
| Number of persons in family (+1 person) | 5.4 | −1.5* | −3.9* |
| Health status of individual=fair or poor | −2.7 | 3.9 | −1.2 |
| Health status of other family member: fair or poor | 0.1 | 5.7 | −5.9 |
| Person has one chronic condition | 2.7 | −5.4* | 2.7 |
| Person has two or more chronic conditions | −0.01 | −8.6 | 8.6 |
| Other family member has one chronic condition | −13.1 | 10.9* | 2.2* |
| Other family member has two or more chronic conditions | −4.2 | 16.5* | −12.3 |
| Likely to see doctor when health problem arises | 11.9 | −0.1* | −11.8* |
| Percent of persons below poverty in zip code area∥ (+1 standard deviation) | −1.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
Difference with physician's office as the lower priced provider is statistically significant at .05 level.
Based on an unweighted sample size of 2,277 persons with a lower priced provider as their regular source of care or aware of a lower priced provider in the community, and a weighted population of 17,834,000.
All variables derived from the 2003 Community Tracking Study household survey except for the following:
Bureau of Primary Health Care, Uniform Data System, 2002.
Bureau of Primary Health Care, CAP grantee list for 2000–2003.
2000–2001 Community Tracking Study physician survey.
American Hospital Association Annual Survey, 2002.
U.S. Census Bureau.
FPL, federal poverty level.