Table 4.
Adjusted Odds Ratios of Importance of Enacted Health Policy Provisions Among 1,660 Medical Students Surveyed at 7 Institutions.
| Odds Ratio (95% CI)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importance of |
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| Expanding Medicaid Eligibility to $20,783 for a Single Adult and to $42,435 for a Family of 4 | Preventing Insurance Companies From Denying Coverage or Charging Higher Prices Based on Pre-Existing Conditions | Allowing Adults to Remain on Their Family Insurance Plan Until Age 26 | Capping the Amount Insurers Can Charge Older Customers for Health Insurance Compared to Younger Customers at 3:1 | |
| N in model | 1,543 | 1,542 | 1,541 | 1,539 |
| Characteristic | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Male (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 1.14 (0.87, 1.48) | 2.90 (1.58, 5.33)b | 1.21 (0.86, 1.72) | 1.27 (1.01, l.58)c |
| Year in medical school | ||||
| Fourth (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Third | 1.50 (1.002, 2.26)c | 0.99 (0.43, 2.30) | 0.89 (0.54, 1.47) | 1.10 (0.80, 1.52) |
| Second | 1.15 (0.79, 1.67) | 0.76 (0.35, 1.64) | 0.89 (0.55, 1.44) | 1.32 (0.96, 1.81) |
| First | 1.13 (0.77, 1.66) | 0.75 (0.35, 1.63) | 0.87 (0.53, 1.43) | 1.56 (1.12, 2.l7)c |
| PhD/Master’s/other | 1.72 (0.88, 3.37) | 1.71 (0.36, 8.13) | 0.99 (0.45, 2.17) | 1.50 (0.88, 2.57) |
| Anticipated specialty | ||||
| Primary care (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Surgical specialty | 0.78 (0.54, 1.13) | 1.81 (0.79, 4.15) | 0.90 (0.56, 1.44) | 1.12 (0.81, 1.55) |
| Obstetrics/gynecology | 1.69 (0.83, 3.42) | 0.24 (0.09, 0.6l)c | 1.14 (0.50, 2.61) | 0.82 (0.51, 1.31) |
| Non-surgical specialty | 0.87 (0.60, 1.26) | 1.57 (0.66, 3.71) | 0.96 (0.60, 1.54) | 1.27 (0.93, 1.75) |
| Unknown | 0.66 (0.46, 0.96)c | 0.77 (0.38, 1.58) | 1.01 (0.60, 1.70) | 0.89 (0.64, 1.23) |
| Political affiliation | ||||
| Liberal/somewhat liberal (Reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderate | 0.35 (0.25, 0.49)b | 0.39 (0.19, 0.78)c | 0.61 (0.38, 0.96)c | 0.78 (0.56, 1.08) |
| Conservative/somewhat conservative | 0.18 (0.12, 0.26)b | 0.11 (0.06, 0.20)b | 0.23 (0.l4, 0.38)b | 0.46 (0.31, 0.69)b |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
a
Logistic regression models were run for agreement with or importance of each statement to estimate associations adjusted for the following factors: age (not reported), sex, medical school class, race/ethnicity (not reported), intended specialty, and political ideology.
b
P < .001.
c
P < .05.