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Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of independent variables by exposure category

From: Disaster impacts on cost and utilization of Medicare

 

No Hazard Exposure

N = 5408

(70.3%)

Some Hazard Exposure

N = 1661

(21.6%)

High Hazard Exposure

N = 282

(3.7%)

Extreme Hazard Exposure

N = 344

(4.5%)

Total

N = 7695

IP Covered Days Per 1000 Beneficiaries

1649.58 (369.35)

1704.03 (351.34)

1718.15 (333.95)

1863.73 (347.20)

1673.86 (366.37)

IP Per User Standardized Costs

13,614.92 (1027.47)

13,576.71 (1058.03)

13,541.02 (918.33)

13,732.44 (1094.56)

13,609.25 (1033.89)

IRF Covered Days Per 1000 Beneficiaries

133.60 (94.22)

138.39 (95.31)

158.98 (100.31)

173.16 (104.97)

137.41 (95.65)

IRF Per User Standardized Costs

17,786.85 (2086.66)

17,742.14 (2121.81)

18,075.64 (2133.70)

17,861.83 (2449.86)

17,791.31 (2114.56)

HH Visits Per 1000 Beneficiaries

3239.62 (2896.64)

3161.25 (3183.37)

3584.90 (3031.35)

4734.87 (3188.24)

3304.21 (2997.07)

HH Per User Standardized Costs

5384.45 (1793.77)

5231.35 (1704.37)

5621.85 (1932.28)

6390.39 (2154.04)

5406.22 (1812.71)

Standardized per capita costs

8579.95 (1335.85)

8553.46 (1171.36)

8909.16 (1321.37)

9274.74 (1426.68)

8618.41 (1314.89)

Count of beneficiaries

18,997.76 (31,773.16)

22,156.37 (40,297.99)

18,148.95 (21,702.84)

19,422.10 (41,966.08)

19,674.11 (34,047.59)

Average age of beneficiary

70.92 (1.51)

71.03 (1.55)

71.08 (1.52)

70.67 (1.78)

70.94 (1.53)

Female, %

54.88 (2.06)

55.14 (1.94)

55.65 (1.82)

54.80 (2.33)

54.96 (2.05)

African American, %

8.46 (10.84)

7.81 (10.36)

10.87 (13.10)

11.93 (11.62)

8.57 (10.90)

Eligible for Medicaid, %

21.20 (7.62)

21.11 (7.73)

20.58 (7.58)

23.63 (8.04)

21.27 (7.68)

People below poverty line, %

16.23 (5.59)

15.46 (5.59)

16.31 (6.32)

16.83 (5.52)

16.09 (5.63)

  1. mean coefficients; sd in parentheses
  2. Source: CMS GVPUF