Health insurance and diabetes among multiracial men: the mediation effects of usual source of care.
BACKGROUND
Health insurance and having a usual source of care is important in diabetes management for multiethnic men. Few studies focus on determining whether usual source of care mediates the association between health insurance and diabetes among men.


METHODS
Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, responses from 17,472 men were analyzed to examine the extent to which a usual source of health care mediates the relationship between health insurance and diabetes.


RESULTS
Sobel-Goodman tests for mediation indicated the largest effects between Latino and White men. For African American and Asian men, usual source of care did not serve as a significant mediation factor between health insurance and diabetes.


CONCLUSIONS
Findings highlight a need for more research on the importance of having a usual source of care along with consistent health insurance type for multiracial men.
Hastings
Julia F
JF
University of California Berkeley, 94720-7400, USA. jhasting@berkeley.edu
Hawkins
Jaclynn
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D019468:Disease Management; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult