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Table 4 T-test results for slope

From: The devil is in the details: trends in avoidable hospitalization rates by geography in British Columbia, 1990–2000

T-test Results

Significance and Decision

Comparing slopes within Avoidable Hospitalizations

Urban AHRs vs Rural AHRs

p > 0.05; do not reject Ho

Comparing slopes within non-Avoidable Hospitalizations

Urban non-AHRs vs Rural non-AHRs

p < 0.005; reject Ho

Comparing slopes within Total Hospitalizations

Urban tot-HRs vs Rural tot-HRs

p < 0.01; reject Ho

Avoidable vs non-Avoidable Hospitalizations

Urban AHR vs Urban non-AHR

p < 0.01; reject Ho

Rural AHR vs Rural non-AHR

p < 0.01; reject Ho

Total AHRs vs Total non-AHRs

p > 0.05; do not reject Ho