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Table 5 Odds ratios for the likelihood that an uninsured hospitalization was for an ACS condition

From: The effect of North Carolina free clinics on hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among the uninsured

 

Chronic or Acute ACS condition

Chronic ACS condition

Acute ACS condition

(N = 270,325)

(N = 270,325)

(N = 270,200)*

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

County served by Free Clinic(s)

0.92 (0.86,0.99)

0.91 (0.84,0.99)

0.97 (0.86,1.09)

Female

1.08 (1.05,1.10)

0.91 (0.89,0.94)

1.48 (1.42,1.54)

Age

 30 to 39

1.23 (1.18,1.28)

1.30 (1.24,1.37)

1.09 (1.03,1.16)

 40 to 49

1.70 (1.64,1.77)

1.91 (1.83,2.00)

1.26 (1.19,1.33)

 50 to 64

2.12 (2.05,2.20)

2.47 (2.37,2.58)

1.40 (1.32,1.48)

  > 64

2.90 (2.67,3.15)

2.95 (2.67,3.26)

2.31 (2.03,2.63)

Race

 Black

1.84 (1.78,1.91)

2.15 (2.07,2.24)

1.14 (1.07,1.21)

 Asian

0.62 (0.51,0.74)

0.64 (0.51,0.81)

0.60 (0.44,0.81)

 Native American

1.10 (0.97,1.24)

1.06 (0.91,1.23)

1.16 (0.95,1.41)

 Other

0.74 (0.69,0.78)

0.74 (0.69,0.80)

0.73 (0.66,0.80)

 Missing

1.55 (1.50,1.60)

1.60 (1.54,1.67)

1.35 (1.28,1.43)

FQHC(s) in County

1.06 (0.96,1.17)

1.06 (0.94,1.19)

1.06 (0.89,1.25)

Hospital beds per 1000 pop

0.97 (0.91,1.03)

0.95 (0.88,1.02)

1.00 (0.91,1.11)

MDs per 10,000 pop

0.99 (0.92,1.03)

0.95 (0.89,1.02)

1.03 (0.94,1.13)

% living in Poverty

1.00 (0.99,1.01)

1.00 (0.99,1.02)

0.99 (0.97,1.01)

% w/o health Insurance

0.98 (0.97,1.00)

0.97 (0.95,0.98)

1.03 (1.00,1.06)

% Minority

3.51(0.21,57.89)

4.21(0.16,111.88)

1.57(0.01,195.62)

  1. AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio
  2. *Analysis for acute ACS conditions does not include one county, which had no hospitalizations for acute ACS conditions. The sample for the acute analysis is 270,200