Table 3.

Logistic regression models estimating the odds of HVH use for racial/ethnic minority groups, adjusted for insurance status and socioeconomic status factors (Colorectal Cancer, California 1996–2006)

	Model 2: Baseline + Insurance Status			Model 3: Baseline + Insurance + SES factors
Patient Characteristics	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Race
White	1 (ref)			1 (ref)
Black	0.68	0.64–0.73	<0.001*	0.83	0.78–0.89	<0.001*
Hispanic	0.64	0.61–0.67	<0.001*	0.81	0.77–0.85	<0.001*
API	0.88	0.84–0.92	<0.001*	0.86	0.82–0.90	<0.001*
Insurance
Private	1.0 (ref)			1.0 (ref)
Medicaid	0.39	0.37–0.42	<0.001*	0.43	0.40–0.46	<0.001*
Medicare	0.70	0.67–0.72	<0.001*	0.68	0.66–0.71	<0.001*
No insurance	0.36	0.31–0.40	<0.001*	0.37	0.33–0.42	<0.001*
Missing data	0.67	0.64–0.71	<0.001*	0.68	0.65–0.72	<0.001*
Neighborhood SES (continuous)
% unemployment (decreasing)				1.02	1.02–1.02	<0.001*
% college education (increasing)				1.01	1.00–1.02	<0.001*
% poverty (decreasing)				0.99	0.99–0.99	<0.001*

Model 2 is adjusted for age, gender, stage of disease, and insurance status; Model 3 includes all previously listed factors + neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics.

Abbreviations: *=p<0.05, API=Asian Pacific Islander; OR=odds ratio; CI= confidence interval; ref=reference; SES=socioeconomic status; % unemployment=proportion of those in census block who are unemployed; % college education=proportion of the census block with a college education. % poverty=proportion of those in census block living below 200% Federal Poverty Level (FPL).