Type of Multimorbidity and Patient-Doctor Communication and Trust among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries
Table 1
Description of elderly Medicare beneficiaries by multimorbidity categories. Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, access to care module 2012.
Total, wt%
Multimorbidity categories, row wt%
N = 9,867
No MM
MM-PI
MM-PI&MI
Sig.
All
15.9
72.0
12.1
Sociodemographic factors
Sex
Female
56.6
13.9
71.6
14.5
Male
43.4
18.4
72.6
9.0
Age groups
65–69
27.8
20.2
65.5
14.3
70–74
25.8
16.8
71.8
11.5
75–79
19.1
13.7
75.7
10.6
≥80
27.3
12.1
76.2
11.7
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White
78.5
16.0
71.7
12.2
Non-Hispanic African American
8.0
14.2
76.7
9.1
Hispanic/Latino
8.7
16.8
66.9
16.3
Other race
4.7
14.1
76.9
9.1
Marital status
Married
57.2
17.6
72.0
10.3
Not Married
42.8
13.5
71.9
14.6
Education
Less than HS
20.6
11.5
73.3
15.2
HS
34.0
15.1
73.0
11.9
More than HS
45.4
18.3
70.8
10.9
Annual personal income
20,000
27.7
11.1
72.4
16.5
20,000–30,000
20.3
15.4
72.1
12.5
30,000–50,000
22.7
16.0
72.8
11.2
50,000
25.2
20.2
71.3
8.5
Missing
4.1
23.3
68.1
8.5
HMO
Yes
35.1
16.6
71.5
11.9
No
64.9
15.5
72.3
12.3
Medicaid
Yes
12.3
7.6
71.8
20.6
No
87.7
17.0
72.0
11.0
Private insurance
Yes
54.2
16.6
73.2
10.1
No
45.8
15.1
70.4
14.5
Metro status
Metro
77.4
16.2
71.6
12.2
Not Metro
22.6
14.6
73.4
12.0
Region
Northeast
18.4
17.2
70.9
11.9
Midwest
23.4
15.3
73.7
11.0
South
37.7
14.4
72.8
12.8
West
20.6
17.9
69.7
12.4
Health status
General health status
Excellent/very good
50.4
22.9
69.4
7.6
Good
30.0
10.6
77.6
11.8
Fair/poor
19.6
5.7
70.0
24.4
Functional limitations
None
66.2
20.3
71.6
8.1
1-2 ADL
23.8
7.9
75.0
17.1
3–6 ADL
9.9
5.5
67.5
27.0
Health condition
Body mass index
Underweight/normal
32.4
20.1
69.3
10.6
Overweight
37.0
16.4
71.8
11.8
Obese/morbid obese
27.6
10.4
75.1
14.5
Missing
3.0
14.0
75.2
10.8
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. ADL: activities of daily living; HMO: health maintenance organization; HS: high school; Sig.: significance level; wt%: weighted percentage. . .
