Table 3.

Total, Direct, and Indirect Effects of Racial/Ethnic Minority Status and Socioeconomic Status on Whether Any Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Occurred in the Last Month of Life, with Mediation by Insurance Coverage and the Number of Chronic Comorbidities

	Indirect			Direct		Total
Predictor	Through	b	p	b	p	b	p
Racial/ethnic minority	Chronic illnesses	0.030	<0.001
	Neighborhood income	0.010	0.010
	Education and chronic illnesses	0.006	<0.001
	Insurance and chronic illnesses	0.007	<0.001
	Education and income	0.004	0.008
	Education, insurance, chronic illnesses	0.002	<0.001
	Income, insurance, chronic illnesses	0.000	<0.001
	Education, income, insurance, chronic illnesses	0.000	<0.001
	Total	0.059	<0.001	0.135	0.005	0.194	<0.001
Education	Chronic illnesses	−0.015	<0.001
	Neighborhood income	−0.011	0.007
	Insurance and chronic illnesses	−0.004	<0.001
	Income, insurance, chronic illnesses	−0.000	<0.001
	Total	−0.030	<0.001			−0.030	<0.001
Neighborhood income	Insurance and chronic illnesses	−0.000	<0.001	−0.003	0.007	−0.003	0.005
Insurance	Chronic illnesses	0.014	<0.001			0.014	<0.001
Chronic illnesses				0.109	<0.001	0.109	<0.001