Racial disparities in Medicaid home and community-based service utilization and expenditures among persons with multiple sclerosis

Table 2 Determinants of Medicaid HCBS Expenditures^a

Characteristics	Coefficient	CI	p-value
Age	−.01	[−.01, −.00]	.011
Female^b	−.16	[−.27, −.04]	.008
Black^c	−.22	[−.40, −.05]	.014
Selected chronic conditions
Anxiety	−.08	[−.12, −.03]	.002
Epilepsy	.34	[.15, .53]	.000
Heart failure	.00	[−.06, .01]	.997
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder	.02	[−.04, .08]	.478
Depression	.06	[−.03, .14]	.212
Diabetes	−.01	[−.09, .07]	.857
Hypertension	−.09	[−.20, .02]	.096
Hyperlipidemia	.01	[−.05, .07]	.707
Heart disease	−.09	[−.15, −.02]	.009
Mobility impairment	.31	[.19, .43]	.000
Race x Sex	.16	[.00, .32]	.045
Intercept	9.17	[8.84, 9.49]	.000

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