Table 4 Odds ratios for predictors of child Medicaid disenrollment from best-fitting GEE models
From: Maternal and child patterns of Medicaid retention: a prospective cohort study
Variable | Any gap | > 14-day gap | > 60-day gap | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds Ratio | 95% confidence interval | P-value | Odds Ratio | 95% confidence interval | P-value | Odds Ratio | 95% confidence interval | P-value | |
Maternal disenrollment | |||||||||
Under Medicaid coverage | Ref. | – | – | Ref. | – | – | Ref. | – | – |
Disenrolled from Medicaid (any gap) | 12.60 | (8.11, 19.58) | < 0.001 | 11.78 | (7.38, 18.82) | < 0.001 | 16.75 | (9.67, 29.02) | < 0.001 |
Maternal knowledge that Medicaid and TANF eligibility criteria differ | |||||||||
Yes | Ref. | – | – | Ref. | – | – | – | – | – |
No | 2.01 | (1.21, 3.35) | 0.007 | 1.81 | (1.05, 3.13) | 0.03 | – | – | – |
Combined cash assistance status | |||||||||
Neither had cash assistance | Ref. | – | – | Ref. | – | – | Ref. | – | – |
Only mother had cash assistance | 1.85 | (0.99,3.41) | 0.05 | 2.11 | (1.11, 3.99) | 0.02 | 2.15 | (0.95, 4.86) | 0.07 |
Only child had cash assistance | 0.38 | (0.19, 0.76) | 0.006 | 0.48 | (0.23, 0.98) | 0.04 | 0.50 | (0.22, 1.14) | 0.10 |
Both had cash assistance | 0.48 | (0.29, 0.82) | 0.007 | 0.59 | (0.34, 1.04) | 0.07 | 0.78 | (0.41, 1.46) | 0.43 |
Household income* | |||||||||
< $1000/month | Ref. | – | – | Ref. | – | – | – | – | – |
$1000 or more /month | 0.59 | (0.36, 0.96) | 0.03 | 0.57 | (0.34, 0.94) | 0.03 | – | – | – |
Family housing situation* | |||||||||
Lives in own housing | – | – | – | – | – | – | Ref. | – | |
Rents or lives with relatives/friends | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.08 | (1.21, 3.56) | 0.008 |