Table 2.
Associations and Explanatory Power of Potential Adjusters
| Commercial | Medicaid | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Significant Associations | Negative Significant Associations | Total Significant Associations | Mean Explanatory Power | Positive Significant Associations | Negative Significant Associations | Total Significant Associations | Mean Explanatory Power | |
| Global ratings (2) | ||||||||
| General health status | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11.4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 219.7 |
| Mental health status | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19.6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 480.1 |
| Alcohol/drug use | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Age | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 193.0 |
| Male | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Black | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.4 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Education | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49.9 |
| Income* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22.5 | — | — | — | — |
| Reports (22) | ||||||||
| General health status | 20 | 0 | 20 | 25.0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 60.7 |
| Mental health status | 20 | 0 | 20 | 30.6 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 101.1 |
| Alcohol/drug use | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18.7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 63.0 |
| Age | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 79.8 |
| Male | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 52.8 |
| Black | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.5 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 4 | 4 | 79.3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150.4 |
| Education | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8.2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8.5 |
| Income* | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20.9 | — | — | — | — |
Note: For general health and mental health, models controlled only for plan effects. For all other variables, models controlled for general health, mental health, and plan effects. Statistical significance was evaluated at p<.05.
*
Income data were available only for 1,810 respondents enrolled in seven commercial plans.