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. 2009 Oct 20;24(Suppl 3):548–554. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1097-3

Table 2.

Association of Self-Reported Quality of Care* with Discrimination Measures: Ordered Logistic Regression Models for US Latinos with Any Past-Year Doctor Visits

  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