Table 3.
Percentage of cost barriers by race among children (aged 0–17 years) with current asthma who have health insurance-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey, 2012–2014
| Characteristics | Children (aged 0–17 years) with health insurance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost barrier seeing a doctor | Cost barrier affording medication | At least one cost barrier | |
| Weighted, % (95% CI) | Weighted, % (95% CI) | Weighted, % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 5.9 (3.8, 9.0) | 5.9 (4.7, 7.4) | 10.0 (7.6, 13.1) |
| Racea | p=0.03* | p=0.27 | p=0.01* |
| White | 2.9 (2.1, 4.0) | 5.1 (3.8, 6.9) | 6.8 (5.3, 8.7) |
| Black | 10.6 (5.9, 18.3) | 7.8 (5.1, 11.8) | 15.6 (10.3, 23.0) |
| Other | N/A | 7.1 (3.7, 13.2)b | 17.3 (7.2, 36.2)b |
Abbreviation: CI, Confidence Interval
*
p–value statistically significant at the <0.05 level for the chi-square test of association between cost barriers and selected variables
a
Other race category includes American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, other races, and multiple races
b
Relative standard error of the estimate is between 30% and 50%; estimate is unstable
N/A Relative standard error of the estimate ≥ 50%, data suppressed