Table 1.
Characteristics of older people living with HIV enrolled in Medicaid (n = 5177) by adherence: Medicaid claims data, 29 U.S States, 2008–2009
| Variable | Adherence |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal (≥95 %) | Sub-optimal (<95 %) | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| 1670 (32) | 3507 (68) | 5177 | |
| Race | |||
| African American | 890 (30) | 2080 (70) | 2970 (57.4) |
| White | 290 (33) | 585 (67) | 875 (16.9) |
| Hispanic | 107 (39) | 169 (61) | 276 (5.3) |
| Other | 383 (36) | 673 (64) | 1056 (20.4) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1091 (34) | 2119 (66) | 3210 (62) |
| Female | 579 (29) | 1388 (71) | 1967 (38) |
| Age | |||
| 50–54 | 855 (31) | 1873 (69) | 2728 (52.7) |
| 55–60 | 554 (33) | 1107 (67) | 1661 (32.1) |
| 60–64 | 261 (33) | 527 (67) | 788 (15.2) |
| Residential status | |||
| Large metropolitan area | 1426 (34) | 2826 (66) | 4252 (82.2) |
| Small metropolitan area | 185 (27) | 510 (73) | 695 (13.4) |
| Rural area | 59 (26) | 171 (74) | 230 (4.4) |
| Number of co-morbidities | |||
| 0 | 973 (37) | 1641 (63) | 2614 (50.4) |
| 1 | 250 (29) | 594 (71) | 844 (16.4) |
| 2 | 153 (31) | 341 (69) | 494 (9.5) |
| ≥3 | 294 (24) | 931 (76) | 1225 (23.7) |