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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 May 30;118(24):10.1002/cncr.27635. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27635

Table 2.

Association of Up-to-date Breast Cancer Screening Status with Insurance Coverage in Women in Rural Oregon

Proportion UTD1 n/N(%) Adjusted2 Odds Ratios (95% CI) for UTD
Clinical Breast Exams Clinical Breast Exam
Overall UTD UTD by Health Maintenance Visits Overall UTD UTD by Health Maintenance Visits3
Last Recorded Insurance No Visits At least 1 Visit No Visits At least 1 Visit
Unknown Insurance Status 83/259 (32%) 2/133 (2%) 81/126 (64%) 0.57 (0.25 – 1.31) 0.19 (0.04 – 0.83) 1.93 (1.17 – 3.18)
Uninsured 41/130 (25%) 4/108 (4%) 37/63 (59%) 0.76 (0.39 – 1.48) 0.44 (0.14 – 1.34) 1.37 (0.74 – 2.53)
Medicaid or Medicaid+Private 28/107 (26%) 2/61 (3%) 26/46 (57%) 0.98 (0.41 – 2.31) 0.57 (0.13 – 2.61) 1.74 (0.88 – 3.47)
Medicare or Medicare+Private 76/319 (24%) 13/176 (7%) 63/143 (44%) 1.63 (1.04 – 2.56) 2.28 (1.11 – 4.72) 1.12 (0.73 – 1.75)
Private 283/1003 (28%) 33/485 (7%) 250/518 (48%) Referent Referent Referent
Total 511/1859 (27%) 54/963 (6%) 457/896 (51%)
Mammography Screening Mammography Screening
Overall UTD UTD by Health Maintenance Visits Overall UTD UTD by Health Maintenance Visits3
Last Recorded Insurance No Visits At least 1 Visit No Visits At least 1 Visit
Unknown Status 67/259 (26%) 8/133 (6%) 59/126 (47%) 0.59 (0.35–1.02) 0.38 (0.17–0.87) 0.95 (0.57–1.58)
Uninsured 38/171 (22%) 5/108 (5%) 33/63 (52%) 0.44 (0.24–0.79) 0.20 (0.08–0.51) 1.04 (0.57–1.89)
Medicaid or Medicaid+Private 31/107 (29%) 11/61 (18%) 20/46 (43%) 0.67 (0.41–1.09) 0.73 (0.36–1.47) 0.61 (0.32–1.16)
Medicare or Medicare+Private 103/319 (32%) 35/176 (26%) 68/143 (48%) 0.73 (0.53–1.02) 0.89 (0.56–1.41) 0.60 (0.39–0.90)
Private 443/1003 (44%) 126/485 (26%) 317/518 (61%) Referent Referent Referent
Total 682/1859 (37%) 185/963 (19%) 497/896 (55%)
1

ACS guidelines recommend annual screenings for women over 50 years old. Analysis limited to women without history of bilateral mastectomy, or recent abnormal mammogram.

2

Adjusted for BMI, age, smoking status, number of patient visits, length of contact with clinic, family history of cancer, ethnicity, and asthma and arthritis co-morbidity. Clinic was included as a random effect.

3

Health maintenance visits within 2 years of last contact with clinic.