Table 1.
Round 1 Characteristics of Older Adults Who Did and Did Not Lose a USC Over 6 Yearsa,b,c
| Characteristic | Unweighted PopulationPercentages (n=7,226) | Weighted Population Estimates (n =35,305,631)d | ||||
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| Lost USC, No. (%) | Retained USC, No. (%) | P Value | Lost USC, % | Retained USC, % | P Value | |
| Male | 186 (46) | 2,791 (41) | .04 | 48 | 43 | .14 |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 65–74 | 169 (42) | 2,640 (39) | .29 | 57 | 52 | .16 |
| 75–84 | 147 (37) | 2,750 (40) | 29 | 34 | ||
| ≥85 | 87 (21) | 1,433 (21) | 14 | 13 | ||
| Race/Ethnicityd | ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 249 (62) | 4,769 (70) | .001 | 77 | 82 | .05 |
| Nonwhite, non-Hispanic | 118 (29) | 1,658 (24) | 12 | 11 | ||
| Hispanic | 396 (6) | 36 (9) | 10 | 7 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married or with partner | 175 (43) | 3,463 (51) | .004 | 49 | 58 | .008 |
| Divorced, widowed, separated | 228 (57) | 3,360 (49) | 51 | 42 | ||
| Type of residence | ||||||
| Community | 374 (93) | 6,467 (95) | .09 | 90 | 95 | .005 |
| Residential care | 29 (7) | 356 (5) | 10 | 5 | ||
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school diploma | 126 (31) | 1,799 (26) | .03 | 24 | 21 | .27 |
| More than high school diploma | 277 (69) | 5,024 (74) | 76 | 79 | ||
| Census division | ||||||
| Northeast | 73 (18) | 1,283 (19) | .82 | 17 | 20 | .56 |
| Midwest | 97 (24) | 1,587 (23) | 22 | 23 | ||
| South | 150 (37) | 2,652 (39) | 38 | 37 | ||
| West | 83 (21) | 1,301 (19) | 24 | 20 | ||
| Self-Rated health | ||||||
| Excellent/Very good | 160 (40) | 2,267 (39) | .83 | 43 | 44 | .93 |
| Good | 130 (32) | 2,197 (32) | 32 | 31 | ||
| Fair/Poor | 113 (28) | 2,002 (29) | 25 | 25 | ||
| Fallen in last year | 128 (32) | 2,146 (31) | .90 | 34 | 30 | .20 |
| Depressive symptoms | 74 (18) | 1,087 (16) | .20 | 17 | 14 | .17 |
| Number of chronic conditionsd | ||||||
| 0–1 | 127 (32) | 1,634 (24) | .001 | 32 | 27 | .09 |
| 2 | 103 (26) | 1,712 (25) | 26 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 93 (23) | 1,590 (23) | 22 | 22 | ||
| ≥4 | 80 (20) | 1,887 (28) | 20 | 25 | ||
| Admitted to hospital in last year | 98 (24) | 1,621 (24) | .80 | 23 | 21 | .48 |
| Needed self-care help in last year | 69 (17) | 1,307 (19) | .31 | 16 | 16 | .81 |
| Has a transportation barrier | 43 (11) | 518 (8) | .03 | 8 | 6 | .03 |
| Insurancee | ||||||
| Supplemental or drug | 380 (94) | 6,562 (96) | .06 | 94 | 96 | .11 |
| Medicaid | 74 (18) | 1,036 (15) | 12 | 12 | .93 | |
| Income quartile, $ | ||||||
| 1 (<13,000) | 118 (29) | 1,709 (25) | .001 | 24 | 20 | .003 |
| 2 (13,001–25,000) | 125 (31) | 1,701 (25) | 29 | 23 | ||
| 3 (25,001–50,000) | 87 (22) | 1,776 (26) | 24 | 28 | ||
| 4 (>50,000) | 73 (18) | 1,637 (24) | 23 | 30 | ||
USC = usual source of care.
Note: Source: the 2011–2016 National Health and Aging Trends Study.26 Estimates have been weighted to reflect survey design.
Includes community dwelling (n = 7,197) and residential care participants (n = 412) who completed a sample person interview. Excludes participants in residential care (n = 168) and participants in nursing home (n = 468) who did not complete a sample person interview.
Only 583 participants (8%) required a proxy to complete the interview. There was no significant difference in respondent type (P=.61) between those who did and did not lose a usual source of care.
For time-varying covariates, characteristics are reflective of baseline, round 1 (2011) responses rather than responses at the time of loss of USC.
Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
Insurance categories are not mutually exclusive, percentages will not sum to 100%.