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Table 1 Population Characteristics

From: Readmission rates in not-for-profit vs. proprietary hospitals before and after the hospital readmission reduction program implementation

 

Hospital Ownership

 

Proprietary

n = 583

Not-for-profit

n = 1908

Mean

Std Dev

Mean

Std Dev

p-value

Percent 30-day readmissions 2010

16.16%

2.04

15.78%

2.35

0.0003 a

Percent 30-day readmissions 2012

15.76%

2.15

15.29%

2.20

< 0.0001 a

Median Income in hospital zip code

$64,222

$25,122

$66,879

$28,155

0.0343 a

Case Mix Index (2010)

1.40

0.29

1.45

0.26

0.0016 a

Case Mix Index (2012)

1.44

0.29

1.49

0.26

0.0011 a

 

%

n

%

n

 

No emergency department at hospital

3.77%

22

2.41%

46

0.1153

  1. Note: a italics represents statistically significant findings