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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2012 May;50(5):428–433. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318245a528

Table 4.

Predictors of Quality among Persons with Diabetes and Mental Illnesses (n=118,190)

Characteristics At least two HEDIS
indicators
(OR)
ACSC Inpatient
Admission
(OR)
Individual characteristics
 Age, 10 years 1.04 (1.03 - 1.06)** 0.89 (0.87 – 0.90)**
 Female sex 1.16 (1.13 - 1.20)** 0.89 (0.87 - 0.92)**
 Race
  Black 0.83 (0.80 - 0.86)** 1.06 (1.02 - 1.10)*
  Hispanic 1.14 (1.08 - 1.20)** 0.90 (0.85 - 0.95)*
  Other 0.81 (0.75 - 0.88)** 0.77 (0.71 - 0.84)**
 Medicaid eligibility due to disability 1.04 (0.94 - 1.15) 1.14 (1.09 – 1.20)**
 Number of Comborbid medical conditions 1.03 (1.02 - 1.03)** 1.72 (1.71 - 1.74)**
County characteristics
 Urban/rural (≥84%) 0.84 (0.76 - 0.94)** 1.18 (1.08 - 1.28)**
 Median Household Income (≥$39168) 1.07 (0.98 - 1.16) 1.01 (0.94 - 1.08)
 PCP shortage area 0.87 (0.80 - 0.95)** 1.00 (0.93 - 1.08)
 >=1 FQHC 0.98 (0.91 - 1.06) 0.91 (0.86 - 0.97)
 MHP shortage area 0.95 (0.88 - 1.03) 1.01 (0.95 - 1.07)
 >=1 CMHC 1.04 (0.94 - 1.15) 1.05 (0.97 - 1.13)
State Characteristics
 MH managed care penetration >60% 1.01 (0.92 - 1.12) 1.14 (1.06 – 1.24)**
 Medicaid/Medicare fee index greater than median 1.25 (1.16 - 1.35)** 0.87 (0.81 - 0.92)**
 DMH expense per client (≥$2997) 1.23 (1.13 - 1.33)** 0.78 (0.73 - 0.84)**
 Medicaid enrollment as a % of population (≥0.15%) 1.08 (1.00 - 1.17) 0.97 (0.91 - 1.03)
 Federal Matching Medicaid Rate (>62%) 1.50 (1.37 - 1.65)** 1.12 (1.04 - 1.21)*
 Presence of Medicaid copayment 0.97 (0.91 - 1.05) 0.80 (0.75 - 0.84)**
*

indicates p value <0.05,

**

indicates p value <0.01,

indicates p value <0.0001.

P values obtained using the Stepdown Bonferroni adjustment for each significant association