Research Article

The Effect of Telemedicine on Access to Acute Stroke Care in Texas: The Story of Age Inequalities

Table 3

Multinomial model results for age in years (as a continuous variable) using no access to acute stroke care as referent.

CoefficientStd. error valueOdds ratio (95% CI)

Model 1
Duplicate access<0.0010.95
(0.95–0.96)
Single access<0.0010.95
(0.95–0.96)
Potential access<0.0010.96
(0.96–0.97)

Model 2
Duplicate access<0.0010.97
(0.96–0.97)
Single access<0.0010.97
(0.96–0.97)
Potential access<0.0010.95
(0.95–0.96)

Model 3
Duplicate access<0.0010.96
(0.96–0.97)
Single access<0.0010.97
(0.97–0.97)
Potential access<0.0010.96
(0.96–0.96)

Model 4
Duplicate access<0.0010.97
(0.97–0.98)
Single access<0.0010.98
(0.97–0.98)
Potential access<0.0010.97
(0.96–0.97)

Model 1: age, no adjustment.
Model 2: adjusted for race, ethnicity, and sex.
Model 3: adjusted for race, ethnicity, sex, and SES proxies.
Model 4: adjusted for race, ethnicity, sex, SES proxies, urbanization, and total population.