Table 4.
Financial and social hardships of the Children with Medical Complexity (CMC) cohort and the Greater Cincinnati Asthma Risks Study (GCARS) comparator cohort
| CMC Cohort | GCARS Cohort | Unadjusted OR and 95% CI | Adjusted OR and 95% CI* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||||
| Financial Hardship | 113 | 67.7 | 554 | 72.0 | ||||
| Difficulty making ends meet | 48 | 28.9 | 211 | 27.4 | 1.08 | [0.74, 1.56] | 1.36 | [0.82, 2.24] |
| Unable to pay rent or mortgage | 53 | 32.1 | 140 | 18.3 | 2.12 | [1.46, 3.08] | 2.36 | [1.44, 3.88] |
| Unable to pay utilities | 75 | 44.9 | 273 | 35.6 | 1.47 | [1.05, 2.07] | 1.71 | [1.10, 2.68] |
| Borrowed money | 76 | 45.8 | 412 | 53.5 | 0.74 | [0.52, 1.03] | 1.20 | [0.77, 1.87] |
| Moved in with others | 18 | 10.9 | 97 | 12.6 | 0.85 | [0.50, 1.45] | 1.13 | [0.58, 2.20] |
| Did not see doctor/dentist | 63 | 37.7 | 93 | 12.1 | 4.40 | [3.00, 6.43] | 4.65 | [2.80, 7.73] |
| Did not fill prescription | 38 | 22.8 | 89 | 11.6 | 2.25 | [1.47, 3.44] | 2.02 | [1.18, 3.46] |
| Social Hardship | 93 | 55.7 | 373 | 48.4 | ||||
| Would expect little to no help from family/friends if needed | 77 | 46.4 | 208 | 27.1 | 2.33 | [1.65, 3.29] | 2.94 | [1.86, 4.65] |
| Cannot count on family/friends/bank/other source for $1000 loan if needed | 54 | 32.7 | 323 | 42.1 | 0.67 | [0.47, 0.95] | 1.27 | [0.77, 2.10] |
*
Obtained from multivariable logistic regression adjusting for household income, homeownership, marital status, patient race, insurer, and caregiver age