Table 5:

Likelihood of 3 most common procedures and medication use among patients with a voice diagnosis (capped at 1 year for procedures and 2 weeks for medications)

	Radiology		Voice evaluation		Medications
	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P
Age	1.01 (1.01–1.02)	<.0001	0.99 (0.99–1.00)	0.0021	1.00 (1.00–1.00)	0.87
Sex
Male	Reference		Reference		Reference
Female	1.04 (0.94–1.16)	0.4484	0.80 (0.71–0.91)	0.0004	1.05 (0.96–1.15)	0.30
Race
White	Reference		Reference		Reference
Black	0.80 (0.63–1.01)	0.060	1.40 (1.06–1.85)	0.018	1.18 (0.96–1.45)	0.12
Other	0.69 (0.53–0.90)	0.0064	1.19 (0.84–1.68)	0.32	1.04 (0.81–1.33)	0.76
Insurance†
Private	0.92 (0.75–1.11)	0.37	1.37 (1.08–1.73)	0.0094	1.08 (0.92–1.27)	0.36
Medicare	1.17 (1.02–1.34)	0.021	1.49 (1.28–1.73)	<.0001	0.79 (0.71–0.89)	<.0001
Medicaid	1.63 (1.42–1.87)	<.0001	0.97 (0.82–1.14)	0.69	1.06 (0.95–1.19)	0.30
CCI
0	Reference		Reference		Reference
2+	5.65 (5.02–6.36)	<.0001	1.26 (1.07–1.48)	0.0056	1.06 (0.95–1.18)	0.27
Voice diagnosis‡
Acute laryngitis	1.60 (1.34–1.92)	<.0001	0.96 (0.78–1.17)	0.67	3.24 (2.79–3.75)	<.0001
Chronic laryngitis	1.30 (0.91–1.85)	0.16	1.91 (1.27–2.87)	0.0019	2.60 (1.91–3.52)	<.0001
Benign neoplasm of the larynx	1.10 (0.81–1.48)	0.55	2.61 (1.95–3.56)	<.0001	1.83 (1.41–2.38)	<.0001
Laryngeal cancer	2.21 (1.40–3.49)	0.0007	2.89 (2.09–4.00)	<.0001	2.67 (2.01–3.54)	<.0001
Combined nonspecific dysphonia	1.41 (1.18–1.68)	0.0001	11.81 (9.01–15.48)	<.0001	2.68 (2.32–3.11)	<.0001
Vocal fold paresis/paralysis	1.72 (1.31–2.26)	<.0001	4.59 (3.69–5.71)	<.0001	0.94 (0.76–1.16)	0.58
Laryngeal stenosis	1.43 (0.91–2.24)	0.12	4.23 (2.75–6.50)	<.0001	2.42 (1.68–3.51)	<.0001
Laryngeal spasm	1.82 (1.26–2.63)	0.0014	3.79 (2.61–5.49)	<.0001	1.64 (1.21–2.23)	0.0016
Mental health disorder before voice disorder
Yes	1.47 (1.34–1.62)	<.0001	0.81 (0.72–0.92)	0.0011	0.99 (0.91–1.08)	0.88
No	Reference		Reference		Reference

^†Referent is not having the specific type of insurance

^‡Referent is not having the specific voice diagnosis