TABLE 3—

Adjusted Odds Ratio of Access to Health Care Comparing Living in a Rural Area to an Urban Area by Race/Ethnicity: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, United States, 2005–2010

Outcome	Rural,a AORb (95% CI)
Usual source of health care
All	1.52 (1.29, 1.78)
Non-Hispanic White	1.55 (1.30, 1.86)
Non-Hispanic African American	1.29 (0.91, 1.84)
Hispanic	1.28 (0.86, 1.88)
Health care needs met
All	1.15 (0.98, 1.35)
Non-Hispanic White	1.12 (0.94, 1.33)
Non-Hispanic African American	1.35 (0.84, 2.16)
Hispanic	1.06 (0.70, 1.62)
Cholesterol screening
All	0.62 (0.51, 0.74)
Non-Hispanic White	0.66 (0.53, 0.81)
Non-Hispanic African American	0.37 (0.25, 0.57)
Hispanic	0.63 (0.35, 1.15)
Cervical screening
All	0.79 (0.65, 0.96)
Non-Hispanic White	0.76 (0.62, 0.95)
Non-Hispanic African American	0.48 (0.29, 0.80)
Hispanic	0.89 (0.58, 1.36)
Dental visit
All	0.78 (0.69, 0.89)
Non-Hispanic White	0.76 (0.66, 0.88)
Non-Hispanic African American	0.97 (0.71, 1.34)
Hispanic	0.74 (0.51, 1.07)

Note. All = White, African American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic other race; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Weighted data.

^aReference group = urban.

^bAOR derived from a 3-level random intercept model, which controls for primary care physicians per 10 000 population, hospital beds per 10 000 population, tract-level percentage of residents at or below the federal poverty level, gender, age, race/ethnicity, marital status, educational attainment, poverty, unemployment, insurance status, self-reported health, number of chronic conditions, out-of-pocket medical expenses, English proficiency, survey year, and region.