Association between the unemployment rate and inpatient cost per discharge by payer in the United States, 2005–2010

Table 1 Average CBSA patient characteristics by Payer, 2005 and 2010*

	All payers		Medicare		Private insurance^†
	2005	2010	2005	2010	2005	2010
	n = 393	n = 455	n = 393	n = 455	n = 393	n = 455
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
Cost per discharge	11,097	12,712	11,110	12,570	11,099	13,173
*Patient characteristics*
Age	66.8	66.9	77.9	77.9	53.0	53.8
Sex
Female (%)	0.55	0.54	0.58	0.57	0.53	0.52
% of Discharges with comorbid conditions
Addictive disorders (combined)	0.15	0.21	0.11	0.15	0.14	0.20
Diabetes (combined)	0.24	0.28	0.25	0.30	0.18	0.21
General blood disorders (combined)	0.21	0.28	0.26	0.34	0.13	0.18
General cancers (combined)	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.04
Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseases	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.02
Congestive heart failure	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.15	0.03	0.03
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.21	0.22	0.24	0.24	0.13	0.14
Hypertension (combined uncomplicated and complicated)	0.51	0.60	0.58	0.67	0.41	0.48
Hypothyroidism	0.10	0.14	0.13	0.17	0.07	0.09
Liver disease	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03
Fluid and electrolyte disorders	0.19	0.25	0.22	0.28	0.12	0.17
Other neurological disorders	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.10	0.02	0.04
Obesity	0.07	0.11	0.04	0.08	0.09	0.15
Paralysis	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.01
Renal failure	0.06	0.14	0.08	0.18	0.02	0.05
Solid tumor without metastasis	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
Valvular disease	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.02	0.02
Weight loss	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.05

^†Commercial includes non-maternal adults aged 40–64 years.
*Costs have been inflation-adjusted to 2010 dollars and adjusted for Area Wage Index.
CBSA, Core Based Statistical Area.
Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets from 46 states (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY).

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