Type of Multimorbidity and Patient-Doctor Communication and Trust among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries
Table 3
Description of elderly Medicare beneficiaries by patient-doctor communication and trust. Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, access to care module 2012.
Effective communication
High trust
All
N = 8,298
N = 5,102
Row wt%
Sig.
Row wt%
Sig.
Multimorbidity
No MM
89.7
53.7
MM-PI
84.2
53.2
MM-PI&MI
80.1
52.2
Sociodemographic factors
Sex
Women
84.3
53.3
Men
84.9
53.0
Age in years
65–69 yrs.
85.6
56.2
70–74 yrs.
85.2
55.0
75–79 yrs.
84.1
52.4
>80 yrs.
83.3
48.8
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White
85.2
55.0
Non-Hispanic African American
82.2
43.2
Hispanic/Latino
83.3
48.8
Other race†
80.8
46.6
Marital status
Married
85.6
55.2
Not marriedα
83.2
50.3
Education
Less than high school
80.2
43.2
High school
84.2
50.2
Above high school
86.8
60.0
Annual personal income
20,000
81.7
45.8
20,000–30,000
83.1
50.4
30,000–50,000
85.7
54.7
50,000
87.8
62.6
Missing
85.1
49.7
HMO enrollment
Yes
84.4
52.6
No
84.7
53.5
Medicaid insurance
Yes
80.6
45.7
No
85.1
54.2
Private insurance
Yes
85.5
55.2
No
83.4
50.7
Metro status
Metro
85.1
55.2
Not metro
82.6
46.0
Geographic region
Northeast
86.2
54.5
Midwest
86.0
55.6
South
83.4
50.3
West
83.6
54.5
Health status
General health
Excellent/very good
87.7
59.4
Good
83.3
47.8
Fair/poor
78.6
45.4
Functional limitations
None
86.5
55.3
1-2 ADL
81.5
48.9
3–6 ADL
79.2
49.2
Health condition
Body mass index
Underweight/normal
84.9
53.3
Overweight
85.3
53.8
Obese/morbid obese
83.2
52.5
Missing
84.6
49.8
Satisfaction with care
Satisfaction with care
Yes
85.2
53.7
No
60.6
36.2
Note. Based on 9,867 Medicare beneficiaries with age above 65 years and at least one chronic physical health condition. Multimorbidity categories: (a) no MM: no multimorbidity; (b) MM-PI: two or more chronic physical conditions but no mental illness; and (c) MM-MI&PI: both chronic physical and mental conditions. †Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, more than one, or others. Widowed/divorced/separated/never married. ADL: activities of daily living; HMO: health maintenance organization; Sig.: significance level from chi-square tests; wt%: weighted percentage. . . .
