Influence of Health-Related Social Factors on Delaying Seeking Medical Care due to Cost among Individuals with Diabetes

Emmanuel Thompson; Seidu Sofo; Cassandra Loggins

doi:10.53103/cjess.v4i5.278

Authors

Emmanuel Thompson Southeast Missouri State University, USA
Seidu Sofo Southeast Missouri State University, USA
Cassandra Loggins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v4i5.278

Keywords:

Diabetes, Binary Logistic Regression, Up-sampling

Abstract

The study examined the influence of health-related social factors on delaying seeking medical care due to cost among 2,620 individuals with diabetes in the United States. The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series Demographic Survey served as the data source. Delaying seeking medical care because of worry about the cost served as the response variable. The predictor variables were types of diabetes, sex, age, region of residence, and employment status. A combination of Up-sampling and Binary Logistic Regression analyses showed that sex and age were significant predictors of individuals with diabetes delaying seeking medical care due to cost. Female patients had higher odds of delaying seeking medical care than their male counterparts. There were decreasing odds of delaying seeking medical care as age increased. Diabetes type, region, and employment status were not statistically significant predictors at the 0.05 level.

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