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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Sep;37(9):1400–1408. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0416

EXHIBIT 3.

Odds ratios of Latinos’ likelihood of having health insurance coverage and health care access and having used care in California, by selected characteristics, 2007–16

Characteristic Health
insurance
MD visits ED visits Usual source
of care
HAD HEALTH INSURANCE
Pre period (ref)
Post period 1.83**** 0.86** 1.06 1.08
LATINO HERITAGE AND CITIZENSHIP
US-born (ref)
Foreign-born Mexican Latinos
 Documented 0.67** 1.04 0.91 0.61***
 Undocumented 0.28**** 0.91 0.89 0.58****
Foreign-born other Latinos
 Documented 0.61*** 1.27 1.23 0.67**
 Undocumented 0.28**** 1.03 1.08 0.58**
HEALTH INSURANCE TYPE
Private (ref)
Public a 0.35 1.59**** 0.67****
No insurance a 0.25 0.74** 0.27****
INCOME (PERCENT OF POVERTY)
0–138% (ref)
139–250% 0.92 1.14* 0.94 1.22***
251 –400% 1.49**** 1.20 0.95 1.21**
More than 400% 2.66**** 1.46**** 0.99 1.48****
ENGLISH USE AND PROFICIENCY
Speak very well/well (ref)
Speak not well/not at all 0.64**** 0.84 0.69**** 0.68****

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data for 2007–1 6 from the California Health Interview Survey. NOTES The exhibit shows the results of a multivariable logistic regression analysis. Covariates were adjusted for in each category; a full list of covariates and confidence intervals is in the online appendix (see note 28 in text). The pre (2007–13) and post (2014–16) periods refer to before and after implementation of the main provisions of the Affordable Care Act. MD is physician. ED is emergency department. Documented is foreign-born US citizen or legal permanent resident.

a

Not applicable.

*

p < 0.10

**

p < 0. 05

***

p < 0. 01

****

p < 0. 001