Table 3.
Medical Care Practices According to Population Factors, Adjusted for Individual Sociodemographic and Health-Related Factors
| No individual-level controls | Includes individual-level controls | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No variance adjustment | Variance adjusted | No variance adjustment | Variance adjusted | |||||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Any medical care vs. no medical care | ||||||||
| All participants | ||||||||
| Population density (per 1000 mile2) | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.01 | 1.00 | 0.98–1.01 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 |
| Median income of County/FSA (U.S. $10,000) | 1.13 | 1.08–1.18 | 1.13 | 1.07–1.19 | 1.04 | 0.99–1.09 | 1.04 | 0.99–1.10 |
| U.S. residents only | ||||||||
| Population density (per 1000 mile2) | 1.00 | 0.98–1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.00 | 0.98–1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 |
| Population size, county (1000) | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 | 0.99 | 0.98–1.01 |
| Median income of County/FSA (U.S. $10,000) | 1.15 | 1.09–1.20 | 1.15 | 1.08–1.21 | 1.05 | 0.99–1.10 | 1.05 | 0.99–1.11 |
| Number of physicians & surgeons (1000) | 1.03 | 0.96–1.11 | 1.03 | 0.96–1.11 | 1.02 | 0.95–1.10 | 1.02 | 0.95–1.10 |
| Number of CCSS centers within 100 miles | 1.00 | 0.92–1.08 | 1.00 | 0.93–1.08 | 1.02 | 0.94–1.11 | 1.02 | 0.95–1.10 |
| Risk-based survivor-focused care vs. general medical care | ||||||||
| All participants | ||||||||
| Population density (per 1000 mile2) | 1.02 | 1.01–1.03 | 1.02 | 1.01–1.03 | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 | 1.01 | 1.01–1.02 |
| Median income of County/FSA (U.S. $10,000) | 1.05 | 1.01–1.08 | 1.05 | 1.01–1.09 | 1.05 | 1.01–1.09 | 1.05 | 1.01–1.09 |
| U.S. residents only | ||||||||
| Population density (per 1000 mile2) | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 |
| Population size, county | 0.99 | 0.97–1.00 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.00 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.00 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.00 |
| Median income of County/FSA (U.S. $10,000) | 1.03 | 1.00–1.07 | 1.03 | 0.99–1.08 | 1.03 | 0.99–1.07 | 1.03 | 0.99–1.07 |
| Number of physicians & surgeons (1000) | 1.06 | 1.00–1.12 | 1.06 | 1.01–1.11 | 1.06 | 1.00–1.12 | 1.06 | 1.01–1.11 |
| Number of CCSS centers within 100 miles | 1.11 | 1.04–1.18 | 1.11 | 1.04–1.18 | 1.12 | 1.04–1.20 | 1.12 | 1.05–1.19 |
Models that adjusted for individual characteristics include participants’ gender, race/ethnicity, age, household income, education, employment status, insurance status, poor emotional health, cancer-related anxiety, cancer-related pain, poor physical health, and chronic medical condition status.
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.