Hospital competition, resource allocation and quality of care

Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

	Mean	Standard Deviation
Beds
1982	193	154
1989	199	150
Expenditures ('000)
1982	16,323	16,901
1989	28,210^***	30,221
Expenditures per adjusted discharge
1982	2,568	898
1989	4,214^***	1,547
Occupancy (%)
1982	62.3	15.2
1989	55.2^***	16.9
Inpatient all payers case mix index
1983	1.17	0.22
1989	1.27^***	0.28
Ownership (%)
For profit	26.0
Non profit	74.0
private	52.6
public	6.6
district	14.8
Teaching (%)	15.4
Mortality – all causes 1989
Observed rate	10%	3%
Predicted rate	10%	2%
AMI mortality 1989
Observed rate	28%	14%
Predicted rate	27%	4%
CHF mortality 1989
Observed rate	16%	7%
Predicted rate	15%	2%
Pneumonia mortality 1989
Observed rate	16%	7%
Predicted rate	16%	2%
Stroke mortality 1989
Observed rate	21%	10%
Predicted rate	21%	3%
Competition (HHI)
1982	0.31	0.16
1989	0.30	0.16

Significantly different from 1982: ^*0.05 ≤ p < 0.1, ^**0.001 ≤ p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.001

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