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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Jan;42(1):105–114. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00916

Exhibit 4.

Differences in health status, functional status, and access to care after standard risk adjustment

Characteristic HCC-adjusted difference in health or access measure, % (95% CI)
Problem accessing care Fair or poor general health Fair or poor mental health Difficulty with an ADL

RTI race and ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic ref ref ref ref
Black 5.9 (5.3, 6.5) 3.0 (2.3, 3.7) 2.4 (1.7, 3.1) 1.7 (0.9, 2.5)
Hispanic 7.0 (6.1, 7.9) 7.6 (6.5, 8.6) 5.7 (4.9, 6.6) 2.0 (1.1, 2.9)

Education
High school degree or more ref ref ref ref
No high school degree 4.3 (3.8, 4.8) 10.4 (9.9, 10.9) 8.4 (7.9, 8.8) 4.3 (3.8, 4.8)

Block group measures
Percent without a high school degree 0.3 (0.1, 0.4) 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.2 (0.0, 0.3) 0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
Percent Black 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) 0.8 (0.6, 1.1)
Percent Hispanic 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 1.5 (1.2, 1.7) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 1.3 (1.0, 1.5)

Source: Authors’ analysis of FFS CAHPS survey data, Medicare claims and enrollment data, and American Community Survey data.

Notes: All results are derived from analysis of CAHPS sample. Estimates for each block group measure have been rescaled to reflect a standard deviation change in the measure.