Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for associations between health information technology capacity and quality of care in federally qualified health centers for select covariates

HIT Capacity

High

1.62

1.43

1.87

1.74

1.49

1.77

(1.34, 1.95)*

(1.01, 2.40)*

(1.55, 2.27)***

(1.23, 2.45)**

(1.23, 1.79)***

(1.24, 2.53)**

Medium

1.19

1.28

1.04

0.93

0.74

1.15

(0.97, 1.46)

(0.87, 1.88)

(0.83, 1.31)

(0.61, 1.41)

(0.59, 0.94)*

(0.75, 1.75)

Low [ref]

Incentive for patient satisfaction

Yes

1.41

1.08

1.86

1.49

1.19

0.97

(1.17, 1.70)***

(0.74, 1.57)

(1.55, 2.24)***

(1.05, 2.14)*

(0.99, 1.44)

(0.66, 1.42)

No [ref]

HRSA Disparity Coordination

Yes

1.58

1.92

0.91

0.61

0.87

1.11

(1.22, 2.04)***

(1.21, 3.04)*

(0.69, 1.18)

(0.36, 1.01)

(0.66, 1.13)

(0.65, 1.91)

No [ref]

Overall Measure of QI Support

Yes

1.33

1.02

1.45

1.09

1.66

1.70

Some or none [ref]

(1.15, 1.54)***

(0.75, 1.38)

(1.24, 1.69)***

(0.80, 1.50)

(1.42, 1.95)***

(1.23, 2.36)**

Physician vacancies

Yes

1.01

1.21

0.87

0.81

0.73

0.71

(0.85, 1.21)

(0.87, 1.68)

(0.72, 1.05)

(0.59, 1.11)

(0.61, 0.88)**

(0.51, 0.99)*

No [ref]

Nurse vacancies

Yes

0.62

0.63

1.01

1.10

0.78

0.99

(0.51, 0.76)***

(0.46, 0.87)**

(0.81, 1.25)

(0.79, 1.52)

(0.63, 0.96)*

(0.71, 1.39)

No [ref]

Hospital Affiliation

All

2.42

1.96

1.53

1.17

1.71

1.42

(2.08, 2.80)***

(1.44, 2.67)***

(1.31, 1.78)***

(0.85, 1.59)

(1.47, 1.99)***

(1.03, 1.95)*

Some or none [ref]

Usual Source of Care

Usual/Often

1.84

1.37

2.34

1.51

0.99

0.88

(1.44, 2.34)***

(0.82, 2.67)

(1.73, 3.15)***

(0.87, 2.62)

(0.77, 1.28)

(0.53, 1.46)

Some/Rarely/None [ref]

Percent Medicaid

4.73

1.41

3.13

3.10

0.70

0.09

(2.84, 7.86)***

(0.48, 4.12)

(1.88, 5.22)***

(1.02, 9.42)*

(0.42, 1.19)

(0.03, 0.30)***

Percent minority

High (50% or more)

0.52

0.52

1.26

1.20

0.55

0.41

(0.41, 0.65)***

(0.31, 0.88)*

(1.01, 1.59)*

(0.74, 1.95)

(0.44, 0.69)***

(0.25, 0.69)**

Medium (5–49%)

0.84

0.79

1.11

0.73

0.72

0.56

Low (<5%) [ref]

(0.66, 1.07)

(0.47, 1.34)

(0.87, 1.42)

(0.45, 1.19)

(0.57, 0.91)**

(0.34, 0.94)*

Size

Large

1.20

1.12

1.28

1.04

1.18

1.92

(0.96, 1.50)

(0.71, 1.77)

(1.02, 1.62)*

(0.67, 1.61)

(0.94, 1.49)

(1.22, 3.01)**

Medium

1.29

1.26

1.27

1.10

1.07

1.29

(1.09, 1.51)**

(0.90, 1.77)

(1.07, 1.50)**

(0.79, 1.54)

(0.91, 1.27)

(0.90, 1.84)

Small [ref]

Region

Midwest

0.61

0.54

0.88

1.37

0.98

1.51

(0.47, 0.79)***

(0.33, 0.90)*

(0.69, 1.13)

(0.85, 2.20)

(0.78, 1.24)

(0.91, 2.50)

South

0.36

0.28

0.69

0.71

0.52

0.54

(0.29, 0.46)***

(0.17, 0.44)***

(0.56, 0.86)

(0.44, 1.15)

(0.42, 0.64)***

(0.33, 0.89)*

West

0.33

0.28

0.89

1.09

0.61

0.89

(0.26, 0.41)***

(0.17, 0.44)***

(0.71, 1.12)

(0.68, 1.75)

(0.49, 0.77)***

(0.55, 1.45)

Northeast [ref]

Urbanicity

Urban

0.87

0.87

0.89

0.60

1.09

1.65

(0.74, 1.04)

(0.59, 1.27)

(0.75, 1.06)

(0.42, 0.86)**

(0.91, 1.30)

(1.11, 2.46)*

Rural [ref]