TABLE 4—
Selected Results of Multivariate Analyses: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, United States, 2002–2009
| Variables | Working-Age Adult Asthma, b (RSE) | Working-Age Adult Appendicitis, b (RSE) | Child Asthma, b (RSE) | Child Appendicitis, b (RSE) |
| Any state law | 0.29 (0.42) | 0.00 (0.04) | 0.12 (0.25) | 0.04 (0.05) |
| Any county law | −2.44* (1.23) | −0.08 (0.13) | −1.32* (0.67) | 0.15 (0.12) |
| State law × county law | 1.32 (1.85) | 0.16 (0.09) | 0.51 (0.79) | −0.04 (0.08) |
| Cigarette tax | −0.21 (0.40) | 0.14* (0.06) | −0.53* (0.24) | −0.06 (0.07) |
| Smoking prevalence | −0.11 (0.10) | 0.03* (0.01) | 0.03 (0.08) | 0.00 (0.02) |
| Asthma prevalence | 0.07** (0.02) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.00 (0.01) |
| In poverty, % | 0.95** (0.20) | 0.02** (0.01) | 0.71** (0.11) | 0.04** (0.01) |
| Uninsured, % | −0.31** (0.12) | 0.02** (0.01) | −0.07 (0.08) | 0.03** (0.01) |
| Constant | 9.78* (4.80) | 1.75** (0.36) | 0.52 (3.15) | 2.26** (0.48) |
Note. RSE = robust standard error.
*P < .05; **P < .01.