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Table 4 Relative Risk Ratios from Multinomial Logistic Regression Predicting Barrier Class Membership.

From: Patterns of perceived barriers to medical care in older adults: a latent class analysis

 

Class 2 vs. Class 1

Availability Barriers/No Barriers

Class 3 vs. Class 1

Accommodation/No Barriers

Class 4 vs. Class 1

Severe Barriers/No Barriers

 

RRR

95% CI

RRR

95% CI

RRR

95% CI

Predisposing characteristics

      

   Age in years

0.94

0.78 - 1.14

0.97

0.88 - 1.07

1.17

0.88 - 1.57

   Male (reference is female)

1.40*

1.07 - 1.84

1.14

0.99 - 1.31

1.43

0.94 - 2.18

   Married (reference is unmarried)

1.06

0.74 - 1.52

0.85

0.70 - 1.04

0.70

0.44 - 1.11

   Education in years

1.03

0.98 - 1.09

1.00

0.97 - 1.03

1.02

0.93 - 1.13

Enabling characteristics

      

   Total household income (logged)

1.02

0.98 - 1.06

0.99

0.97 - 1.02

0.96

0.90 - 1.02

   Health insurance

      

Any private insurance (reference)

      

Public insurance only

1.05

0.71 - 1.54

0.86

0.66 - 1.12

1.29

0.68 - 2.44

Uninsured

1.32

0.64 - 2.75

0.89

0.58 - 1.35

3.48**

1.68 - 7.24

   County rurality

      

Large metropolitan (reference)

      

Small metropolitan

1.35

0.94 - 1.05

0.84

0.63 - 1.12

1.23

0.79 - 1.92

Micropolitan

1.63*

1.05 - 2.53

1.02

0.81 - 1.30

1.13

0.64 - 1.99

Rural

4.18**

2.94 - 5.93

0.86

0.66 - 1.13

2.72**

1.62 - 4.57

Need characteristics

      

   Number of diagnosed conditions

1.06*

1.01 - 1.12

1.02

0.98 - 1.06

1.05

0.95 - 1.16

   Depressive symptomatology

1.80**

1.32 - 2.44

1.52**

1.26 - 1.86

2.59**

1.58 - 4.26

   Any ambulation limitations

1.17

0.75 - 1.86

0.97

0.73 - 1.30

0.91

0.38 - 2.23

   Any dexterity limitations

1.20

0.55 - 2.61

1.40

0.85 - 2.29

0.36

0.05 - 2.72

   Any cognitive limitations

1.42*

1.08 - 1.86

1.27*

1.07 - 1.49

0.89

0.58 - 1.35

   Any pain limitations

1.11

0.82 - 1.49

1.14

0.99 - .131

1.19

0.76 - 1.88

   Any speech limitations

1.38

0.66 - 2.86

1.28

0.78 - 2.14

4.09**

1.86 - 9.03

   Any hearing limitations

2.18**

1.30 - 3.71

0.94

0.64 - 1.38

1.23

0.27 - 3.22

  1. N = 5,465. One asterisk (*) indicates significance at the 5% level while two asterisks (**) indicates significance at the 1% level. Statistical comparisons are relative to the No Barriers group. RRR stands for Relative Risk Ratio.
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