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Table 5 Hazard ratio for child’s time to first disenrollment

From: Maternal and child patterns of Medicaid retention: a prospective cohort study

Variable

Time to first disenrollment

Hazard Ratio

95% confidence interval

P-value

Maternal disenrollment

 Under Medicaid coverage

Ref.

 Disenrolled from Medicaid (any gap)

4.80

(3.48, 6.61)

< 0.001

Household income*

  < $1000/month

Ref.

 $1000 or more /month

0.62

(0.46, 0.83)

0.0016

Combined cash assistance status

 Neither had cash assistance

Ref.

 Only mother had cash assistance

1.28

(0.92, 1.78)

0.15

 Only child had cash assistance

0.38

(0.24, 0.59)

< 0.001

 Both had cash assistance

0.52

(0.35, 0.78)

0.001

  1. Note: Maternal disenrollment was defined as having any gap in Medicaid coverage
  2. *Results from 10 imputed datasets
  3. Entries in boldface have p-values less than 0.05