Table 4.
Crude and Adjusted Percentage of Patients Treated With IV Antibiotics
| SES Measure | Age Group: <6 | Age Group: 6-12 | Age Group: 13-18 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percentage Treated |
Adjusted Percentage Treated |
95% CI | P value | N | Percentage Treated |
Adjusted Percentage Treated |
95% CI | P value | N | Percentage Treated |
Adjusted Percentage Treated |
95% CI | P value | |
| Maternal Educational Attainment | n = 1290§ | .021 | n = 1020 | .81 | n = 677 | .84 | |||||||||
| Less than high school grad | 137 | 18.3 | 11.1 | (6.7-17.5) | 71 | 18.3 | 15.8 | (7.2-31.1) | 54 | 20.4 | 15.7 | (7.5-30.0) | |||
| High school grad or higher | 1153 | 7.8 | 6.1 | (4.5-8.3) | 949 | 14.1 | 13.8 | (7.6-23.7) | 623 | 20.1 | 15.3 | (10.2-22.2) | |||
| Median Family Income by Zip code | n = 3886 | .66 | n = 2431 | .37 | n = 2064 | .003 | |||||||||
| <$40K | 863 | 9.2 | 4.3 | (3.0-6.2) | 486 | 16.9 | 15.8 | (11.2-21.8) | 444 | 17.1 | 13.8 | (10.3-18.1) | |||
| $40K to <$50K | 1104 | 7.5 | 4.0 | (2.8-5.7) | 749 | 16.8 | 18.1 | (13.1-24.4) | 564 | 26.2 | 23.1 | (18.5-28.4) | |||
| $50K to <$60K | 749 | 7.1 | 3.6 | (2.4-5.3) | 446 | 16.4 | 15.9 | (11.0-22.4) | 413 | 20.6 | 17.1 | (13.0-22.3) | |||
| $60K+ | 1170 | 5.9 | 3.6 | (2.4-5.2) | 750 | 12.1 | 14.3 | (10-19.8) | 643 | 23.0 | 19.2 | (5.2-23.8) | |||
| State Insurance Status | n = 4088 | <.001 | n = 2498 | .002 | n = 2120 | .003 | |||||||||
| Medicaid | 1988 | 10.1 | 4.9 | (3.7-6.6) | 1048 | 19.9 | 18.9 | (14.4-24.4) | 854 | 28.8 | 22.6 | (18.6-27.1) | |||
| Other Insurance | 2100 | 5.2 | 3.2 | (2.3-4.4) | 1450 | 12.3 | 13.7 | (10.1-18.3) | 1266 | 18.3 | 17.1 | (14.0-20.7) | |||
§
Patients comprising the lowest severity category in this age group were excluded from the model because none received IV antibiotic therapy, resulting in non-estimable values for all other predictors.