Table 3.

Association of Doctor Communication Scale* with Discrimination Measures: Linear Regression Models for US Latinos with Any Past-Year Doctor Visits

	US born (N = 251)		Foreign born (N = 584)†
	Coefficient [95% CI]	Significance (P)	Coefficient [95% CI]	Significance (P)
Any discrimination from doctors or medical staff‡	−3.5 [−5.1, −2.0]	<0.001	−1.2 [−2.5, 0.0]	0.05
DAS discrimination scale§	−0.7 [−1.2, −0.1]	0.03	−0.5 [−1.1, 0.0]	0.06
Male	−0.5 [−1.7, 0.8]	0.5	−0.3 [−1.1, 0.6]	0.5
Age (years)
18–29	0.4 [−0.9, 1.8]	0.5	0.2 [−0.9, 1.2]	0.8
30–49	0		0
50–64	−0.8 [−2.3, 0.7]	0.3	−0.4 [−1.5, 0.7]	0.4
≥65	−1.4 [−3.4, 0.6]	0.2	−1.0 [−2.3, 0.3]	0.1
(Test of any difference)		0.3		0.4
Education
0–8 years	−2.3 [−5.5, 0.9]	0.2	−0.3 [−1.4, 0.9]	0.6
9–11 years	0.0 [−1.8, 1.9]	1.0	0.6 [−0.7, 1.8]	0.4
High school graduate	0		0
Some college	−0.5 [−1.8, 0.8]	0.5	−0.6 [−2.0, 0.7]	0.3
College degree or more	−0.7 [−2.4, 1.0]	0.4	0.1 [−1.4, 1.5]	0.9
(Test of any difference)		0.6		0.5
Household income
$0–14,999	−1.4 [−3.8, 1.0]	0.2	−0.6 [−1.9, 0.7]	0.4
$15,000–24,999	−1.4 [−3.8, 0.9]	0.2	0.0 [−1.3, 1.3]	1.0
$25,000–34,999	0		0
$35,000–59,999	−0.6 [−2.6, 1.3]	0.5	0.2 [−1.2, 1.6]	0.8
≥$60,000	−1.3 [−3.5, 0.9]	0.3	0.9 [−0.8, 2.6]	0.3
(Test of any difference)		0.6		0.5
Health insurance	0.2 [−1.6, 2.0]	0.8	1.0 [0.0, 1.9]	0.046

*Outcome variable is 4-item scale assessing the quality of doctor-patient communications (range 0–16); see Methods. Exact zeros in table indicate reference categories

†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