Ethnicity and Race Variations in Receipt of Surgery among Veterans with and without Depression

Table 4

Odds ratios associated with race and ethnicity indicators for patients undergoing surgery in the VHA (𝑁=317,072).

Dependent variable
Effect	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Digestive surgery
Depressed*	0.46	0.40–0.54
Hispanic*	1.26	1.10–1.43
African-American*	1.14	1.05–1.24
Age	1.00	1.00-1.00
Female*	1.30	1.12–1.52
Priority 1 (no copay)*	1.24	1.15–1.35
Selim physical comorbidity*	1.25	1.22–1.27
Charlson comorbidity score*	1.18	1.16–1.20
Hip/Knee Surgery
Depressed*	0.49	0.42–0.57
Hispanic	0.84	0.71–1.00
African-American	1.04	0.95–1.15
Age*	0.99	0.99-0.99
Female	1.00	0.85–1.18
Priority 1 (no copay)*	1.77	1.63–1.91
Selim physical comorbidity*	1.65	1.62–1.69
Charlson comorbidity score*	0.68	0.66–0.70
CABG
Depressed*	0.40	0.32–0.50
Hispanic	0.91	0.74–1.13
African-American*	0.56	0.49–0.65
Age*	0.98	0.98-0.99
Female*	0.29	0.20–0.43
Priority 1 (no copay)	1.06	0.94–1.19
Selim physical comorbidity*	1.44	1.40–1.48
Charlson comorbidity score	0.97	0.94–1.00
Vascular operations
Depressed*	0.47	0.43–0.51
Hispanic*	0.88	0.81–0.97
African-American*	0.93	0.88–0.98
Age	0.99	0.99–1.00
Female*	0.51	0.44–0.58
Priority 1 (no copay)*	1.16	1.10–1.22
Selim physical comorbidity*	1.42	1.40–1.43
Charlson comorbidity score*	1.09	1.08–1.10

*95% confidence level excludes 1.0.