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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2017 Sep;55(Suppl 9 2):S90–S96. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000723

TABLE 3.

Associations of Demographic, Health, and Health Care Characteristics With Delaying Health Care

Delaying Any Health Care
Medical Care Mental Health Care
RR 95% CI RR 95% CI
Gender*
 Transgender men 1.01 (0.57–1.82) 0.67 (0.34–1.33)
Age (y)
 35–49 0.87 (0.49–1.54) 0.95 (0.51–1.77)
 50–64 0.59 (0.33–1.06) 0.50 (0.26–0.96)
 ≥ 65 0.59 (0.26–1.30) 0.30 (0.11–0.86)
Nonwhite race/ethnicity 0.89 (0.49–1.64) 0.82 (0.41–1.65)
Not married or living with a partner 0.93 (0.60–1.43) 0.96 (0.60–1.55)
Income ≤ $35,000/year 1.14 (0.72–1.81) 0.93 (0.55–1.56)
History of homelessness 1.50 (0.96–2.35) 1.14 (0.70–1.86)
Depression/PTSD symptoms 1.76 (1.08–2.85) 2.40 (1.36–4.22)
Alcohol misuse 1.00 (0.59–1.68) 1.15 (0.65–2.03)
Poor health 1.11 (0.49–2.54) 0.95 (0.39–2.31)
Out to providers 0.71 (0.36–1.40) 0.58 (0.28–1.19)
Verbal harassment in medical setting 1.19 (0.78–1.81) 1.35 (0.85–2.15)
Ever used VA 0.85 (0.56–1.30) 1.52 (0.93–2.48)

Bold values are significant.

Results are from multiple imputation with M = 15 imputed datasets.

*

Reference group is transgender women.

Reference group is 18–34 years.

CI indicates confidence interval; RR, relative risks; VA, Veterans Administration.