The association of mortality amenable to health care and the per cent
uninsured is stronger when restricted to white mortality rates (Table 1).
Other patterns were similar. In the multivariate analysis for whites,
controlling for poverty (Table 3), the same health care-related indicators
remained significant as in the initial analysis. Several other
variables not significant in the all-race analysis were significantly
associated with rates of mortality amenable to health care for whites
(Table 3). These include: the per cent of adults without a cost-related
problem accessing a doctor in the past year; hospital quality indicators
for surgical patients who received appropriate care to prevent complications;
and the combined group of patients who received recommended
care for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia.