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. 2019 Oct 30;14(10):e0222837. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222837

Table 1. Patient characteristics sorted according to study groups.

UDLI LLRC NLRC
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total Number 452 (34) 473 (36) 393 (30)
Male 200 (44) 260 (55) 221 (56)
Median age in years (IQR) 40 (32, 51) 45 (28, 58) 48 (33, 60)
Primary Language*
    English 17 (4) 201 (42) 349 (89)
    Spanish 437 (97) 308 (65) 3 (1)
    Other 6 (1) 7 (1) 60 (15)
English Proficiency
    Not at all 104 (23) 27 (6) 2 (0.5)
    A little 247 (55) 117 (25) 10 (3)
    Most of it 68 (15) 81 (17) 33 (8)
    Completely 38 (8) 249 (53) 349 (89)
Have Health Insurance 315 (70) 384 (81) 332 (84)
    Private 15 (3) 41 (9) 43 (11)
    Medicare/Medi-Cal 177 (39) 328 (69) 285 (73)
Healthy SF/My Health LA/HealthPAC** 133 (29) 39 (8) 17 (4)
Have Housing 437 (97) 448 (95) 346 (88)
Have PCP 271 (60) 312 (66) 253 (64)
If no PCP, where do you get care?
    Clinic 24 (17) 41 (30) 33 (31)
    Emergency Department 117 (83) 96 (70) 75 (69)

PCP–primary care provider; IQR–interquartile range; UDLI–Undocumented Latino Immigrant; LLRC–Latino legal resident/citizen; NLRC–Non-Latino resident/citizen.

*Patients could declare more than one primary language

**Healthy SF, My Health LA and HealthPAC are Department of Public Health programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Alameda counties that provide free or affordable health services to those who are not eligible for public insurance (Medi-Cal and Medicare) and are below a certain income threshold.