Insurance Status and Child’s Utilization of Primary Care Services
| Child Has Usual Source of Care | Child Had Doctor Visit in Past Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance Status | Weighted % | AOR* (95% CI) | Weighted % | AOR* (95% CI) |
| AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. | ||||
| *Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, household income, region of residence, parental insurance status (for children)/children’s insurance status (for parents). | ||||
| † P <.01 for the comparison with uninsured children. | ||||
| ‡ P <.01 for the comparison with uninsured parents. | ||||
| Child’s insurance status | ||||
| Private | 96.8† | 10.72 (3.30–34.89) | 90.2† | 5.04 (1.71–14.85) |
| Public | 90.4† | 5.35 (2.21–12.97) | 89.2† | 4.82 (1.98–11.76) |
| Uninsured | 58.9 | 1.00 | 56.6 | 1.00 |
| Parent’s insurance status | ||||
| Private | 92.8‡ | 1.58 (0.57–4.40) | 87.6‡ | 1.50 (0.53–4.19) |
| Public | 90.5‡ | 1.06 (0.41–2.79) | 90.1‡ | 1.33 (0.57–3.11) |
| Uninsured | 80.1 | 1.00 | 77.4 | 1.00 |