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Table 2 Adjusted Hazards Ratios (AHRs) from the Mortality Models.

From: Dual use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: are there adverse health outcomes?

The Four Comparison Groups

  
 

AHRs

(95% C.I.)

Veterans Who Over-Reported (Dual Use of VHA & Medicare)

1.561**

(1.120, 2.177)

Veterans Who Accurately Reported

1.168

(0.982, 1.389)

Non-Veterans Who Over-Reported

0.775

(0.529, 1.136)

Non-Veterans Who Accurately Reported (Reference Group)

1.000

 

Covariates

  

Age

1.099***

(1.083, 1.115)

Race

  

   White (reference group)

1.000

 

   Hispanic

0.868

(0.587, 1.284)

   African American

0.809

(0.609, 1.074)

   Other Race

0.843

(0.445, 1.598)

High School Education

1.033

(0.867, 1.231)

HH Income < $15,000

0.872

(0.722, 1.052)

Total Wealth <= $19,000

1.061

(0.857, 1.313)

Self-Rated Health:

  

   Excellent

0.757

(0.571, 1.004)

   Very Good

0.752*

(0.604, 0.936)

   Good (reference group)

1.000

 

   Fair

1.162

(0.958, 1.408)

   Poor

1.574***

(1.210, 2.049)

ADLs

0.946

(0.849, 1.055)

IADLs

1.110*

(1.017, 1.211)

Cancer

1.203

(0.983, 1.473)

Diabetes

1.311*

(1.054, 1.630)

Heart Disease

1.197*

(1.023, 1.401)

Lung Disease

1.458***

(1.179, 1.802)

Stroke

1.439**

(1.154, 1.794)

Cognitive Status (TICS-7)

0.945***

(0.920, 0.971)

CES-D Symptoms

1.039

(0.995, 1.084)

Hospitalized

1.108

(0.893, 1.374)

Selection Bias Adjustment

  

Propensity Score

0.893

(0.381, 2.093)

Intervening Variable

  

Any ACSC Admission

1.874***

(1.552, 2.262)

  1. Note: Weighted analyses adjust for the unequal probabilities of selection due either to the multi-stage cluster sampling design and/or the over-sampling.
  2. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001