Table 3 Hazard ratios for predictors of child’s time to first Medicaid disenrollment based on single predictor variable Cox proportional hazard models
From: Maternal and child patterns of Medicaid retention: a prospective cohort study
Variable | Time to First Disenrollment | |
|---|---|---|
Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | |
Maternal disenrollment | ||
Under Medicaid coverage | Ref. | – |
Disenrolled from Medicaid (any gap) | 5.48 (4.02, 7.46) | < 0.001 |
Child cash assistance status | ||
No | Ref. | – |
Yes | 0.31 (0.23, 0.42) | < 0.001 |
Mother cash assistance status | ||
No | Ref. | – |
Yes | 0.86 (0.66, 1.13) | 0.29 |
Combined cash assistance status | ||
Neither had cash assistance | Ref. | – |
Only mother had cash assistance | 1.32 (0.95, 1.84) | 0.10 |
Only child had cash assistance | 0.31 (0.20, 0.48) | < 0.001 |
Both had cash assistance | 0.36 (0.24, 0.52) | < 0.001 |
Maternal age | ||
0.98 (0.96, 1.01) | 0.19 | |
Maternal race | ||
African American | Ref. | – |
Other | 1.33 (0.96, 1.84) | 0.09 |
Marital status | ||
Single/widowed/divorced | Ref. | – |
Married | 1.28 (0.88, 1.86) | 0.20 |
Maternal health literacy* | ||
Inadequate | Ref. | – |
Marginal | 0.74 (0.48, 1.13) | 0.16 |
Adequate | 0.66 (0.38, 1.14) | 0.13 |
Maternal education | ||
Less than High School | Ref. | – |
High School | 0.97 (0.67, 1.40) | 0.88 |
More than High School | 0.90 (0.63, 1.21) | 0.48 |
Maternal knowledge that TANF and Medicaid eligibility criteria differ | ||
Yes | Ref. | – |
No | 1.35 (0.98, 1.85) | 0.07 |
Maternal self-reported health* | ||
Total < 80 (poor health) | Ref. | – |
Total ≥ 80 (good health) | 0.85 (0.64, 1.13) | 0.26 |
Prenatal care* | ||
All/Most of the time | Ref. | – |
Some or none of the time | 1.04 (0.62, 1.72) | 0.89 |
Maternal social support* | ||
Low | Ref. | – |
Medium | 0.78 (0.51, 1.21) | 0.27 |
High | 1.10 (0.78, 1.57) | 0.58 |
Not collected | 1.47 (0.86, 2.52) | 0.16 |
Household income* | ||
< $1000/month | Ref. | – |
$1000 or more /month | 0.91 (0.68, 1.22) | 0.53 |
Maternal employment status* | ||
Student | Ref. | – |
Employed | 0.91 (0.65, 1.29) | 0.92 |
Unemployed | 0.80 (0.55, 1.18) | 0.80 |
Other children in household | ||
None | Ref. | – |
One | 0.59 (0.42, 0.82) | 0.002 |
Two or more | 0.64 (0.47, 0.87) | 0.005 |
Family housing situation* | ||
Lives in own housing | Ref. | – |
Rents or lives with relatives/friends | 1.64 (1.26, 2.14) | 0.0003 |
Travel time to Medicaid office* | ||
≤ 30 min | Ref. | – |
> 30 min | 1.01 (0.74, 1.37) | 0.96 |