Table 1 Use of urgent or emergency asthma care in the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (8 states; n = 2,195 with valid replies)
From: Lack of insurance coverage and urgent care use for asthma: A retrospective cohort study
| Â | Â | Required urgent or emergency room care for asthma in past 12 months | crude OR (95% CI) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Yes (%) | No (%) | Â | Â |
Health care coverage gap in past year? * | Yes | 56 (8) | 75 (6) | 1.48 (1.03,2.1) | 131 |
| Â | No | 611 (92) | 1210 (94) | Â | 1821 |
| Â | Totals | 667 (100) | 1285 (100) | Â | 1952 |
Gender * | Men | 172 (23) | 482 (33) | 0.59 (0.48, 0.72) | 654 |
| Â | Women | 580 (77) | 961 (67) | Â | 1541 |
| Â | Totals | 752 (100) | 1443 (100) | Â | 2195 |
One physician identified as primary? | Yes | 606 (81) | 1120 (78) | 1.20 (1.0,1.5) | 1726 |
| Â | No | 146 (19) | 320 (22) | Â | 466 |
| Â | Totals | 752 (100) | 1440 (100) | Â | 2192 |
Health plan in past year | Yes | 667 (89) | 1288 (89) | 0.95 (0.71,1.26) | 1955 |
| Â | No | 83 (11) | 152 (11) | Â | 235 |
| Â | Totals | 750 (100) | 1440 (100) | Â | 2190 |
Race/ethnicity * | White/non-Hispanic | 576 (77) | 1235 (87) | reference | 1811 |
| Â | Black/non-Hispanic | 92 (12) | 88 (6) | 2.24 (1.63,3.0) | 180 |
| Â | Other/non-Hispanic | 59 (8) | 70 (5) | 1.81 (1.24,2.6) | 129 |
| Â | Hispanic** | 23 (3) | 34 (2) | 1.45 (0.83,2.5) | 57 |
| Â | Totals | 750 (100) | 1427 (100) | Â | 2177 |
Age group* | 18 to 64 | 658 (88) | 1147 (80) | 1.77 (1.37,2.28) | 1805 |
| Â | 65 and older | 92 (12) | 284 (20) | Â | 376 |
| Â | Totals | 750 (100) | 1431 (100) | Â | 2181 |
Too costly to see physician in past year* | Yes | 31 (19) | 43 (11) | 1.79 (1.08,2.95) | 74 |
| Â | No | 136 (81) | 337 (98) | Â | 473 |
| Â | Totals | 167 (100) | 380 (100) | Â | 547 |
Income * | < $10,000 | 83 (12) | 118 (9) | reference | 201 |
|  | $10–50,000 | 464 (67) | 801 (64) | 0.82 (0.60,1.13) | 1265 |
| Â | > $50,000 | 150 (22) | 331 (27) | 0.64 (0.45, 0.92) | 481 |
| Â | Totals | 697 (100) | 1250 (100) | Â | 1947 |
Employment * | Employed | 411 (55) | 816 (57) | reference | 1227 |
| Â | Homemaker/student/retired | 169 (23) | 411 (29) | 0.81 (0.66, 1.01) | 580 |
| Â | Unemployed/can't work | 172 (23) | 214(15) | 1.56 (1.24,1.97) | 386 |
| Â | Totals | 752 (100) | 1441 (100) | Â | 2193 |
Education | < HS graduate | 108 (14) | 198 (14) | reference | 306 |
| Â | HS graduate | 462 (61) | 902 (63) | 0.94 (0.72,1.22) | 1364 |
| Â | College graduate | 182(24) | 338 (24) | 1.01 (0.75, 1.36) | 520 |
| Â | Totals | 752 (100) | 1438 (100) | Â | 2190 |
Marital status | Married | 345 (46) | 700 (49) | 0.90 (0.75,1.07) | 1045 |
| Â | Not married | 406 (54) | 739 (51) | Â | 1145 |
| Â | Totals | 751 (100) | 1439 (100) | Â | 2190 |
Smoke now? | Yes | 233 (55) | 394 (50) | 1.22 (0.97,1.55) | 627 |
| Â | No | 194 (45) | 401 (50) | Â | 595 |
| Â | Totals | 427 (100) | 795 (100) | Â | 1222 |