Table 3.
Bivariate Analyses of health care utilization
| Covariates N = 224 |
Utilization | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used n (col. %) |
Not used n (col. %) |
OR (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Type of Respondent | ||||
| Adult | 77 (67.0) | 40 (37.7) | 3.50 (2.02–6.06) | < 0.01 |
| Child Dependent | 38 (33.0) | 69 (63.3) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 33 (29.2) | 44 (41.1) | 0.59 (0.34–1.03) | 0.06 |
| Female | 80 (70.8) | 63 (58.9) | ||
| Presence of a Chronic Condition | ||||
| Any Chronic Condition | 79 (78.2) | 79 (79.8) | 0.91 (0.46–1.80) | 0.78 |
| No Chronic Condition | 22 (21.8) | 20 (20.2) | ||
| Insurance Status | ||||
| Medicaid | 38 (37.3) | 60 (58.8) | 0.51 (0.28–0.94) | < 0.01 |
| Medicare | 15 (14.7) | 6 (5.9) | 2.02 (0.71–5.78) | |
| Uninsured | 7 (6.9) | 2 (2.0) | 2.83 (0.55–14.54) | |
| Private | 42 (41.2) | 34 (33.3) | Reference | |
| Length of Time Visiting a Specific Place for care* | ||||
| No Regular Doctor/Nurse | 5 (4.7) | 2 (1.9) | 0.94 (0.14–6.20) | < 0.01 |
| 0–3 years | 51 (47.6) | 35 (33.3) | 0.55 (0.20–1.53) | |
| 4–7 Years | 35 (32.7) | 62 (59.1) | 0.21 (0.08–0.59) | |
| > 8 Years | 16 (15.0) | 6 (5.7) | Reference | |
| Length of Time Visiting a Specific Person for care* | ||||
| No Regular Doctor/Nurse | 13 (12.04) | 7 (6.7) | 0.62 (0.16–2.43) | < 0.01 |
| 0–3 years | 49 (45.4) | 34 (32.4) | 0.48 (0.16–1.45) | |
| 4–7 Years | 31 (28.7) | 59 (56.2) | 0.18 (0.06–0.53) | |
| > 8 Years | 15 (13.9) | 5 (4.8) | Reference | |
| Measures of access | Used Clinic Median (SD) | Not used Median (SD) | OR (95% CI) | p-value |
| Travel Distance (miles) | 1.31 (1.19) | 1.21 (1.36) | 0.91 (0.74–1.11) | 0.35 |
| BCQ Total Score (0–100) | 73.4 (23.1) | 55.4 (19.3) | 1.02 (1.01–1.04) | < 0.01 |
| Satisfaction-adjusted distance | 1.22 (2.56) | 2.49 (2.36) | 0.81 (0.73–0.91) | < 0.01 |
* BCQ scored on scale 0–100, higher scores indicate greater perceived quality
** Total Score is calculated as an average across all subscales