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Table 2 Odds Ratio from Logistic Regression Models Predicting Delayed Care, Delayed Doctor Visit, and Delayed Dental Among Older Adults 54+ During the COVID-19 Pandemic (HRS COVID Subsample 2020, Nā€‰=ā€‰3006)

From: Sociodemographic and health status differences in delaying medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults: findings from the Health and Retirement Study

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Delayed Care (General)

Delayed Dental

Delayed Doctor

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

OR

CI

OR

CI

OR

CI

OR

CI

OR

CI

OR

CI

Age 75+ (Reference: 55ā€“74

0.57***

(0.45,0.71)

0.55***

(0.43,0.70)

0.53***

(0.41,0.69)

0.54***

(0.41,0.71)

0.57***

(0.43,0.77)

0.54***

(0.40,0.73)

Women (Reference: Men)

1.27*

(1.02,1.57)

1.30*

(1.04,1.62)

1.16

(0.91,1.48)

1.20

(0.94,1.53)

1.23

(0.94,1.61)

1.25

(0.95,1.65)

Race/Ethnicity (Reference: NH Whites)

ā€ƒNon-Hispanic Blacks

1.01

(0.77,1.33)

1.00

(0.75,1.32)

0.88

(0.65,1.20)

0.94

(0.68,1.30)

0.87

(0.63,1.19)

0.80

(0.57,1.12)

ā€ƒHispanics

0.78

(0.57,1.08)

0.84

(0.59,1.18)

0.59**

(0.40,0.85)

0.73

(0.49,1.08)

0.91

(0.62,1.34)

0.88

(0.59,1.30)

ā€ƒNon-Hispanic Others

0.92

(0.55,1.51)

0.76

(0.46,1.28)

1.10

(0.65,1.86)

0.92

(0.54,1.58)

1.05

(0.57,1.94)

0.87

(0.47,1.61)

Education (Reference: Less than High School)

ā€ƒHigh School or GED

1.19

(0.83,1.71)

1.23

(0.85,1.79)

1.75*

(1.14,2.69)

1.60*

(1.03,2.47)

0.86

(.55,1.33)

0.89

(0.57,1.39)

ā€ƒSome College

1.40

(0.98,2.01)

1.43

(0.98,2.10)

1.99**

(1.30,3.04)

1.78*

(1.14,2.78)

1.14

(0.74,1.75)

1.20

(0.77,1.86)

ā€ƒBachelorā€™s Degree and Above

1.98***

(1.38,2.83)

2.22***

(1.51,3.26)

3.23***

(2.13,4.91)

2.97***

(1.91,4.64)

1.44

(0.94,2.21)

1.67*

(1.07,2.62)

Poor Self Rated Health (Reference: Good Self-Rated Health)

1.31*

(1.03,1.67)

1.43*

(1.09,1.88)

0.91

(0.70,1.20)

1.02

(0.75,1.39)

1.53**

(1.14,2.04)

1.56**

(1.11,2.20)

Has an ADL limitation

1.56**

(1.17,2.08)

1.69**

(1.24,2.32)

1.35

(.98,1.85)

1.76**

(1.24,2.50)

1.80***

(1.29,2.52)

1.84**

(1.26,2.68)

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