Table 2.

Inability to Get Care Because of COVID-19 Wanted Among Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without a Self-reported History of Depression

	(Weighted %)*
	Total survey population (n = 11,080)	Medicare beneficiaries with self-reported depression (n = 3019)	Medicare beneficiaries without self-reported depression (n = 8,061)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)†	P value
Unable to get care because of COVID-19	20.8	24.9	19.3	1.28 (1.09, 1.51)	0.003

^*All percentages listed are weighted based on MCBS recommended survey weighting

^†For adjusted analysis, covariates included demographic characteristics such as age, sex, race/ethnicity, annual household income, metropolitan/non-metropolitan residency, and census region; self-reported participant history of comorbidities including hypertension, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, other heart conditions (valve/rhythm), stroke/brain hemorrhage, high cholesterol, Alzheimer’s/dementia, osteoporosis, hip fracture, any autoimmune condition, diabetes mellitus, or lung disease; and health behaviors (tobacco use). All comorbidity covariates were measured as dichotomous responses