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Table 2 Estimation results of logistic regression models

From: The association between managed care enrollments and potentially preventable hospitalization among adult Medicaid recipients in Florida

Dependent variable: Hospitalization for ACSC
  Unadjusted model Adjusted models1
  Model (1) Model (2)
OR3   95% CI4 OR3   95% CI4 OR3   95% CI4
   Lower Upper    Lower Upper    Lower Upper
Patient characteristics             
  Medicaid managed care 1.86 *** 1.82 1.90 1.30 *** 1.21 1.40 3.56 *** 2.36 5.37
Male 2.68 *** 2.62 2.74 1.06 ** 1.02 1.11 1.06 ** 1.02 1.11
  Black 1.24 *** 1.21 1.27 1.16 *** 1.07 1.26 1.25 *** 1.15 1.36
  White 0.98   0.96 1.00 0.80 *** 0.70 0.91 0.88 + 0.77 1.01
  Age, 25-40 years2 3.31 *** 3.15 3.48 2.70 *** 2.39 3.04 2.70 *** 2.39 3.04
  Age, 41-64 years2 22.92 *** 21.87 24.02 11.48 *** 10.22 12.91 11.43 *** 10.17 12.85
  No. of Comorbidities 1.27 *** 1.27 1.27 1.16 *** 1.15 1.17 1.16 *** 1.15 1.17
  County characteristics             
Rural 1.06 + 0.99 1.13 1.11   0.89 1.39 1.16   0.92 1.45
MMC penetration 0.998 *** 0.998 0.999 1.00   1.00 1.00 1.00   1.00 1.00
No. of Medicaid HMO 1.02 *** 1.01 1.02 0.99   0.97 1.01 1.00   0.98 1.03
HHI of MMC 0.85 *** 0.82 0.89 0.81 + 0.64 1.01 0.92   0.70 1.19
Primary Care 1.00   0.97 1.03 0.85 *** 0.78 0.93 0.88 ** 0.81 0.96
Hospital Beds 1.06 *** 1.03 1.09 1.00   0.91 1.10 1.00   0.89 1.13
CHC 1.01   0.96 1.07 1.01   0.84 1.22 1.01   0.82 1.24
Household Income 0.999 *** 0.999 0.999 1.00   1.00 1.00 1.00   1.00 1.00
Poverty 1.02 *** 1.01 1.02 1.02   0.99 1.05 1.02 + 1.00 1.05
Unemployment rate 0.95 *** 0.94 0.96 0.98   0.94 1.02 0.99   0.95 1.03
Medicaid Admissions 0.999 ** 0.999 0.999 1.00   1.00 1.00 1.00   1.00 1.00
Interaction w/ MMC             
× Black          0.78 *** 0.69 0.88
× White          0.71 *** 0.65 0.77
× Rural          0.53 * 0.29 0.97
× MMC penetration          1.00   0.99 1.00
× No. of Medicaid HMO          0.96 *** 0.93 0.98
× HHI of MMC          0.49 *** 0.34 0.71
× Primary Care          0.91   0.79 1.06
× Hospital Beds          0.98   0.81 1.19
× CHC          1.04   0.77 1.40
  1. N = 254,321; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
  2. 1Multivariate logistic regression, adjusting for the other factors shown in the table. The standard error is clustered at the county level.
  3. 218-24 age group was used as the base level.
  4. 3+ p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.
  5. 4The level of significance of 0.05 (5%) is chosen.
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