Table 2.

Odds of Admission for an Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition by Patient Characteristics

Characteristics	OR for ACSC N=215464 (W=969103)	95% Confidence Interval
Age (years)
18–24	0.70*	0.69–0.72
25–34	0.60*	0.59–0.61
35–44	0.68*	0.67–0.69
45–54	0.83*	0.81–0.84
55–64	REFERENCE
Gender (female)	1.23*	1.22–1.25
Patient Location
“Central” counties of metro areas of ≥1 million population	REFERENCE
“Fringe” counties of metro areas of ≥1 million population	1.09*	1.07–1.11
Counties in metro areas of 250,000–999,999 population	0.99	0.98–1.01
Counties in metro areas of 50,000–249,999 population	1.02	0.99–1.04
Micropolitan counties	1.12*	1.10–1.14
Not metropolitan or micropolitan counties	1.19*	1.17–1.22
Zip Code Quartile
0–25th percentile	REFERENCE
26th to 50th percentile	0.90*	0.89–0.91
51st to 75th percentile	0.82*	0.80–0.83
76th to 100th percentile	0.71*	0.70–0.72
Missing	0.86	0.83–0.89
Insurance Type1
Medicaid	1.33*	1.31–1.35
Private	REFERENCE
Self-Pay	1.31*	1.28–1.33
Other	1.12*	1.09–1.16
MHD by Insurance Type2
Medicaid	1.22*	1.20–1.24
Private	1.15*	1.13–1.17
Comorbid Condition
Diabetes	91.68*	90.24–93.14
HTN3	1.46*	1.45–1.48
CAD4	1.28*	1.26–1.30
COPD5	2.91*	2.87–2.96
CKD6	1.66*	1.62–1.69
Cancer	0.70*	0.69–0.72
CHF7	0.29*	0.28–0.30
Interaction Variable
Medicaid for MHD	1.41*	1.38–1.44
Self-pay for MHD	1.32*	1.25–1.39
Other for MHD	1.04	0.99–1.08

^*Corresponds to a p-value <0.001,

¹Corresponds to OR when no MHD present,

²Patients with co-morbid Mental Health Disorder,

³HTN=Hypertension,

⁴CAD=Coronary Artery Disease,

⁵COPD=Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,

⁶CKD=Chronic Kidney Disease,

⁷CHF=Congestive Heart Failure