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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Res Social Adm Pharm. 2016 May 20;13(3):524–529. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.05.043

Table 2:

Predictors of Unmet Need for Prescription Medications

Independent variable Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
Care Coordination    
 All Needs Met 1 -
 Needs Not Met 3.81 2.70–5.40
     
Medical Complexity Status    
 Child Not Medically Complex 1 -
 Child Medically Complex 2.01 1.00–4.03
     
Gender    
 Male 1 -
 Female 1.29 0.99–1.68
     
Age (years)    
 0–5 1 -
 6–11 1.09 0.70–1.70
 12–17 1.46 0.99–2.14
     
Race/Ethnicity    
 Hispanic 1  
 White, non-Hispanic 0.63 0.42–0.94
 Black, non-Hispanic 0.58 0.37–0.92
 Other, non-Hispanic 0.55 0.34–0.90
     
Type of Insurance at survey    
 Private 1 -
 Public only 1.35 0.87–2.09
 Both public and private 0.47 0.23–0.97
 Uninsured 7.11 4.03–12.56
     
Highest education level achieved by parent/guardian    
 Less than high school 1  
 High school 0.59 0.31–1.09
 More than high school 0.87 0.49–1.54
     
Primary language spoken in household    
 English 1  
 Other than English 0.16 0.07–0.35
     
Household income (% of federal poverty level)    
 0–99% 1  
 100%–199% 0.57 0.36–0.90
 200%−399% 0.43 0.26–0.74
 ≥400% 0.25 0.15–0.44

Bold: p<0.05