Table 3. Racial/Ethnic Difference in Medication Adherence to β-blockers, by Income*.
Panel A. 6-month Adherence | ||||||||||||
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Dual Eligible | ≤150% FPL | >150% FPL | ||||||||||
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Race | Unadjusted | Adjusted† | Unadjusted | Adjusted† | Unadjusted | Adjusted† | ||||||
OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Black | 0.59 | (0.55, 0.63) | 0.70 | (0.65, 0.75) | 0.56 | (0.5, 0.63) | 0.70 | (0.61, 0.80) | 0.81 | (0.65, 1.01) | 0.69 | (0.62, 0.77) |
Native | 0.61 | (0.49, 0.77) | 0.70 | (0.55, 0.9) | 0.65 | (0.41, 1.03) | 0.77 | (0.47, 1.26) | 0.67 | (0.58, 0.76) | 0.84 | (0.53, 1.33) |
Hispanic | 0.77 | (0.71, 0.83) | 0.84 | (0.77, 0.92) | 0.71 | (0.6, 0.84) | 0.82 | (0.68, 1.00) | 0.54 | (0.49, 0.6) | 0.77 | (0.66, 0.89) |
Asian | 0.90 | (0.8, 1.03) | 0.82 | (0.72, 0.95) | 0.80 | (0.56, 1.15) | 0.73 | (0.49, 1.08) | 0.77 | (0.47, 1.26) | 0.85 | (0.68, 1.07) |
White | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference |
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Panel B. 1-year Adherence | ||||||||||||
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Dual Eligible | ≤150% FPL | >150% FPL | ||||||||||
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Race | Unadjusted | Adjusted † | Unadjusted | Adjusted † | Unadjusted | Adjusted † | ||||||
OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
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Black | 0.57 | (0.54, 0.62) | 0.70 | (0.65, 0.76) | 0.53 | (0.47, 0.61) | 0.64 | (0.55, 0.74) | 0.51 | (0.45, 0.57) | 0.65 | (0.57, 0.73) |
Native | 0.61 | (0.48, 0.78) | 0.71 | (0.55, 0.91) | 0.57 | (0.36, 0.92) | 0.75 | (0.45, 1.24) | 0.66 | (0.43, 1.03) | 0.76 | (0.48, 1.21) |
Hispanic | 0.71 | (0.66, 0.77) | 0.79 | (0.72, 0.87) | 0.65 | (0.55, 0.78) | 0.75 | (0.61, 0.92) | 0.69 | (0.6, 0.8) | 0.82 | (0.7, 0.95) |
Asian | 0.87 | (0.76, 0.99) | 0.78 | (0.68, 0.9) | 0.97 | (0.67, 1.42) | 0.86 | (0.57, 1.31) | 0.91 | (0.72, 1.15) | 0.99 | (0.78, 1.26) |
White | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference | 1 | Reference |
Bold denote statistically significant at p-value <0.05.
“Adjusted” models were adjusted for all covariates except for income as discussed in the Statistical Analysis section.