Table 3.
Adjusted marginal effects or betas and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the relationship between insurance disruption and access to care or preventive care service use*†
| Probit/regression |
Instrumental variable analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | dy/dx | 95 % CI | dy/dx | 95% CI |
| Change in clinic/provider in past 12 months | ||||
| Any change in clinic or provider | 0.06 | (−0.02, 0.15) | 0.71 | (0.59, 0.75) |
| Perceived access to care | ||||
| Satisfaction with access to care† | 0.13 | (−0.09, 0.35) | −0.40 | (−1.56, 0.76) |
| Experienced difficulty/delay in obtaining health care in past 12 months | 0.05 | (−0.01, 0.11) | 0.20 | (−0.12, 0.74) |
| Take less medicine than prescribed because of cost | 0.05 | (−0.01, 0.11) | 0.75 | (0.74, 0.77) |
| Preventive care use in past 12 months | ||||
| Complete health exam | −0.02 | (−0.12, 0.07) | 0.47 | (−0.86, 0.73) |
| Routine dental checkup | 0.05 | (−0.01, 0.11) | 0.12 | (−0.51, 0.24) |
| Pelvic exam or pap smear | 0.003 | (−0.1, 0.11) | 0.40 | (0.25, 0.46) |
| Mammogram | −0.02 | (−0.1, 0.07) | −0.05 | (−0.64, 0.31) |
| Flu shot | −0.02 | (−0.12, 0.09) | 0.27 | (−0.59, 0.45) |
| Blood pressure checked | 0.01 | (−0.01, 0.03) | 0.03 | (−0.53, 0.17) |
| Cholesterol test | −0.03 | (−0.12, 0.07) | −0.07 | (−0.65, 0.34) |
| Heart or exercise stress test | −0.05 | (−0.12, 0.03) | −0.23 | (−0.34, 0.37) |
*
Items in bold are statistically significant at the p≥0.05 significance level
†
Represents beta coefficient from linear regression analysis