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Issue Brief No. 64
Supplementary Table 2
Medicare Beneficiaties 65 and Older Not Purchasing at Least One Prescription
Drug in 2001 Because of Cost: Logistic Regression Results
|
|
95% Odds Ratio Confidence Limits
|
||||
|
|
Beta
|
T
|
Odds Ratioa
|
Lower
|
Upper
|
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White (reference) |
0
|
.
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
| African-American |
0.4788
|
2.41
|
1.61
|
1.09
|
2.38
|
| Latino/Hispanic |
-0.0592
|
-0.26
|
0.94
|
0.60
|
1.47
|
| Other |
-0.1664
|
-0.59
|
0.85
|
0.49
|
1.47
|
| Family Income | |||||
| Poor: <100% Poverty (ref) |
0
|
.
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
| Low Income: 100 to <200% Poverty |
0.0416
|
0.31
|
1.04
|
0.80
|
1.36
|
| Higher Income: 200+% Poverty |
-0.3153
|
-1.84
|
0.73
|
0.52
|
1.02
|
| Insurance Type | |||||
| Medicare + Job-Sponsored Supplemental (ref) |
0
|
.
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
| Medicare + Other Private Supplemental |
1.0711
|
5.46
|
2.92
|
1.99
|
4.29
|
| Medicare HMO |
1.3584
|
7.22
|
3.89
|
2.69
|
5.63
|
| Medicare + Other Public |
0.5515
|
1.94
|
1.74
|
1.00
|
3.03
|
| Traditional Medicare Only |
1.2904
|
4.93
|
3.63
|
2.18
|
6.07
|
| Health Condition | |||||
| Number of Chronic Conditionsb |
0.2795
|
2.11
|
1.32
|
1.02
|
1.72
|
| Number of Chronic Conditions, Squared |
-0.0387
|
-1.55
|
0.96
|
0.92
|
1.01
|
| SF-12 Physical Component |
-0.0398
|
-7.94
|
0.96
|
0.95
|
0.97
|
| SF-12 Mental Component |
-0.0305
|
-6.43
|
0.97
|
0.96
|
0.98
|
| Current Smoker |
-0.0592
|
-0.36
|
0.94
|
0.68
|
1.30
|
| Personal Demographics | |||||
| Female |
0.3987
|
3.98
|
1.49
|
1.22
|
1.81
|
| Age |
0.5118
|
2.63
|
1.67
|
1.14
|
2.44
|
| Age, Squared |
-0.0037
|
-2.89
|
1.00
|
0.99
|
1.00
|
| Years of Education |
0.0234
|
0.32
|
1.02
|
0.89
|
1.18
|
| Years of Education, Squared |
-0.0049
|
-1.41
|
1.00
|
0.99
|
1.00
|
| Number of Persons in Family |
0.2169
|
0.81
|
1.24
|
0.73
|
2.10
|
| Family Type | |||||
| Single, No Children (ref) |
0.0000
|
.
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
| Married, No Children |
-0.4094
|
-1.45
|
0.66
|
0.38
|
1.16
|
| Married or Single, with Children |
0.2609
|
0.31
|
1.30
|
0.25
|
6.66
|
| Non-Nuclear Family |
0.3789
|
0.48
|
1.46
|
0.31
|
6.89
|
| Type of Employer | |||||
| Not Employed (ref) |
0
|
.
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
| Private |
0.5850
|
3.00
|
1.80
|
1.23
|
2.63
|
| Government |
0.8157
|
2.08
|
2.26
|
1.05
|
4.87
|
| Other |
-0.1561
|
-0.49
|
0.86
|
0.46
|
1.59
|
| Cost of Living Index |
-0.0104
|
-3.40
|
0.99
|
0.98
|
1.00
|
| Intercept |
-16.6760
|
-2.22
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.14
|
Note: Medicare beneficiaries limited to noninstitutionalized population (e.g., excludes those in nursing homes) age 65 and older.
a. An odds ratio > 1 indicates elderly Medicare beneficiaries with this characteristic were more likely not to have purchased at least one prescription drug in 2001 because of cost. Similarly, those with an odds ratio < 1 were less likely not to have purchased at least one prescription drug in 2001 because of cost. For example, an odds ratio of 1.61 for African Americans shows that African Americans were significantly more likely than non-Hispanic whites to report not purchasing one prescription drug.
b. Individuals were classified as having a chronic condition if they reported
seeing a doctor or other health professional for at least one of the following
conditions in the past two years: diabetes, arthritis, asthma, COPD (chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease), coronary heart disease (includes angina, arterial
fibrillation, congestive heart failure, bypass surgery, angioplasty, heart disease,
myocardial infarction), hypertension, cancer and/or depression.
Source: HSC Community Tracking Study Household Survey 2000-01
