Table 3.
Women with regular screening, i.e., at least 3 mammograms in the six year follow-up period: unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI)
| Women with Regular Screening |
OR of Regular Screening | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Unadjusted | 95%CI | Adj | 95%CI | |
| All Women | 41.3 | -- | -- | ||
| Women’s characteristics | |||||
| White | 43.1 | ||||
| Black | 32.9 | 0.65 | 0.64–0.66 | 0.95 | 0.93–0.97 |
| Age 65–69 | 41.7 | ||||
| Age 70–74 | 40.9 | 0.96 | 0.95–0.98 | 0.90 | 0.89–0.92 |
| No comorbidities | 21.2 | ||||
| Any comorbidity | 51.5 | 3.94 | 3.88–4.00 | 1.98 | 1.94–2.02 |
| Breast cancer during follow-up | 72.7 | 4.12 | 4.01–4.24 | 3.07 | 2.97–3.17 |
| No breast cancer | 39.3 | ||||
| Preventive services | |||||
| Cervical cancer screening | 72.2 | 9.57 | 9.43–9.71 | 5.94 | 5.85–6.04 |
| No cervical cancer screening | 21.3 | ||||
| Flu shot | 57.8 | 6.87 | 6.77–6.98 | 3.35 | 3.30–3.41 |
| No flu shots | 16.6 | ||||
| Lipids tests | 55.2 | 5.02 | 4.96–5.09 | 1.69 | 1.66–1.72 |
| No lipid tests | 19.7 | ||||
| ER utilization | |||||
| Higha | 41.4 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 0.87 | 0.86–0.89 |
| Low | 41.3 | ||||
| County | |||||
| Older County b | 38.6 | 0.86 | 0.85–0.88 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 |
| Younger county | 42.2 | ||||
| Low education c | 36.7 | 0.78 | 0.76–0.79 | 0.85 | 0.84–0.87 |
| Higher education | 42.8 | ||||
| Poord | 37.3 | 0.80 | 0.79–0.82 | 0.95 | 0.93–0.97 |
| Non poor | 42.6 | ||||
| High managed care penetration e | 29.4 | 0.51 | 0.50–0.51 | 0.73 | 0.72–0.75 |
| Low managed care penetration | 45.2 | ||||
| With high medical school presence f | 38.7 | 0.87 | 0.86–0.88 | 1.08 | 1.06–1.10 |
| Lower medical school presence | 42.1 | ||||
| With abundant primary care resources g | 40.8 | 0.97 | 0.96–0.99 | 1.06 | 1.04–1.08 |
| Without abundant primary care resources | 41.5 | ||||
High ER utilization = Person with >4.1% of claims from ER
Older = county with > 16.2% of the county residents being women age 65 years old and older
Low education = county with > 8.1% of the population having ≤9 years of school
Poor = county with > 13.6% of county population living below the poverty level
High managed care penetration = county with > 24.4% managed care penetration
County with high medical school presence = county where >57.1% of hospitals being associated with medical schools
County with abundant primary care resources = county with >220.7 primary care physicians per 100,000 persons 65 and older.