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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Dec;24(12):2187–2196. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0295-9

Table 2.

Women with screening, i.e., at least one screening mammogram in the six year follow-up period: unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI)

Women with
Screening
OR of Screening

% Unadjusted 95% CI Adjusted 95% CI
All women 56.0 -- -- -- --
Women’s characteristics
White 56.9
Black 51.6 0.81 0.80–0.82 1.23 1.20–1.25
Age 65–69 56.3
Age 70–74 55.5 0.97 0.96–0.98 0.88 0.86–0.89
No comorbidities 30.7
Any comorbidity 68.8 4.97 4.90–5.04 2.34 2.29–2.38
Preventive services
Cervical cancer screening 87.6 12.88 12.67–13.11 7.59 7.45–7.74
No cervical cancer screening 35.4
Flu shot 74.4 7.28 7.18–7.39 3.36 3.30–3.42
No flu shots 28.5
Lipids tests 73.1 6.54 6.45–6.63 2.12 2.08–2.16
No lipid tests 29.4
ER utilization
Higha 61.3 1.34 1.32–1.36 1.10 1.08–1.12
Low 54.1
County
Older County b 50.9 0.77 0.76–0.78 0.90 0.89–0.92
Younger county 57.6
Low education c 51.9 0.81 0.80–0.82 0.84 0.82–0.86
Higher education 57.3
Poord 52.3 0.83 0.82–0.84 0.93 0.91–0.95
Non poor 57.1
High managed care penetration e 40.7 0.44 0.43–0.44 0.69 0.67–0.70
Low managed care penetration 61.0
With high medical school presence f 53.2 0.87 0.86–0.88 1.11 1.09–1.13
Lower medical school presence 56.8
With abundant primary care resources g 54.2 0.91 0.90–0.93 1.04 1.02–1.06
Without abundant primary care resources 56.5
a

High ER utilization = Person with >4.1% of claims from ER

b

Older = county with > 16.2% of the county residents being women age 65 years old and older

c

Low education = county with > 8.1% of the population having ≤9 years of school

d

Poor = county with > 13.6% of county population living below the poverty level

e

High managed care penetration = county with > 24.4% managed care penetration

f

County with high medical school presence = county where >57.1% of hospitals being associated with medical schools

g

County with abundant primary care resources = county with >220.7 primary care physicians per 100,000 persons 65 and older.