Table 2.
US born (N = 249) | Foreign born (N = 591)† | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio [95% CI] | Significance (P) | Odds ratio [95% CI] | Significance (P) | |
Any discrimination from doctors or medical staff‡ | 0.5 [0.2, 1.2] | 0.1 | 0.5 [0.3, 0.9] | 0.03 |
DAS discrimination scale§ | 0.5 [0.3, 0.9] | 0.009 | 0.9 [0.7, 1.2] | 0.6 |
Male | 1.4 [0.7, 2.8] | 0.3 | 1.0 [0.7, 1.5] | 1.0 |
Age (years) | ||||
18–29 | 1.2 [0.5, 2.6] | 0.7 | 0.6 [0.4, 1.0] | 0.04 |
30–49 | 1 | 1 | ||
50–64 | 0.9 [0.5, 1.9] | 0.8 | 0.9 [0.5, 1.4] | 0.5 |
≥65 | 2.1 [0.7, 6.4] | 0.2 | 1.3 [0.7, 2.3] | 0.4 |
(Test of any difference) | 0.5 | 0.09 | ||
Education | ||||
0–8 years | 0.2 [0.1, 0.8] | 0.02 | 0.8 [0.5, 1.3] | 0.4 |
9–11 years | 2.1 [0.6, 6.6] | 0.2 | 1.3 [0.8, 2.3] | 0.3 |
High school graduate | 1 | 1 | ||
Some college | 0.8 [0.3, 1.9] | 0.6 | 1.0 [0.5, 2.1] | 1.0 |
College degree or more | 0.8 [0.3, 2.1] | 0.6 | 1.8 [0.9, 3.4] | 0.1 |
(Test of any difference) | 0.047 | 0.2 | ||
Household income | ||||
$0–14,999 | 0.9 [0.3, 2.5] | 0.8 | 1.2 [0.7, 2.0] | 0.4 |
$15,000–24,999 | 1.5 [0.5, 4.8] | 0.5 | 0.8 [0.5, 1.3] | 0.3 |
$25,000–34,999 | 1 | 1 | ||
$35,000–59,999 | 0.9 [0.3, 2.8] | 0.9 | 0.7 [0.3, 1.3] | 0.2 |
≥$60,000 | 1.2 [0.3, 4.1] | 0.8 | 1.0 [0.4, 2.4] | 0.9 |
(Test of any difference) | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||
Health insurance | 2.0 [0.8, 4.9] | 0.1 | 1.7 [1.1, 2.6] | 0.01 |
Self-reported health status | ||||
Excellent | 1.6 [0.5, 5.2] | 0.4 | 3.3 [1.3, 8.6] | 0.01 |
Very good | 2.0 [0.9, 4.5] | 0.1 | 1.4 [0.9, 2.4] | 0.2 |
Good | 1 | 1 | ||
Fair | 1.1 [0.4, 3.6] | 0.8 | 0.5 [0.3, 0.8] | 0.002 |
Poor | 0.4 [0.1, 1.5] | 0.2 | 0.5 [0.2, 1.2] | 0.1 |
(Test of any difference) | 0.1 | <0.001 |
*Outcome variable is 5-point measure of self-reported quality of health care received in the past 12 months: excellent, very good, good, fair or poor
†Foreign born includes US citizens who were born on the island of Puerto Rico
‡Any self-reported discrimination from doctors or medical staff in past 2 years; see Methods
§DAS discrimination scale standardized to have mean 0 and SD 1