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Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2012 Apr;16(0 1):S44–S50. doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-1009-8

Table 3.

Odds of healthcare use characteristics by food allergy severity among children with food allergy

	Health care use characteristic

	Crude	Adjusted^a
Healthcare	n = 4,610	n = 4,543
Has usual source of care
Mild	Ref
Mod/severe	0.68 (0.31, 1.52)	0.65 (0.34, 1.25)
Has a regular doctor
Mild	Ref
Mod/severe	1.56 (0.86, 2.85)	1.48 (0.84, 2.62)
Receipt of preventive visits in last year
Mild	Ref
Mod/severe	0.80 (0.37, 1.73)	0.92 (0.48, 1.78)
Uses IEP
Mild	Ref
Mod/severe	2.07 (1.43, 2.99)^†	1.88 (1.31, 2.70)^†
Requires more services than is usual
0–5 years
Mild	Ref	Ref
Mod/severe	2.79 (1.68, 4.65)^†	2.67 (1.61, 4.43)^†
6–17 years
Mild	Ref	Ref
Mod/severe	1.42 (0.94, 2.15)	1.39 (0.76, 2.53)
Has seen a specialist in the last 12 mos
0–5 years
Mild	Ref	Ref
Mod/severe	2.84 (1.76, 4.59)^†	2.83 (1.76, 4.57)^†
6–17 years
Mild	Ref	Ref
Mod/severe	1.45 (1.02, 2.06)^†	1.45 (1.02, 2.06)^†

^†

p < 0.05

Adjusted for health insurance coverage, race/ethnicity, and age (for variables with no significant age interaction)