Table 7 Association of HVBP with 30-day risk adjusted mortality rate for AMI, HF, and pneumonia using alternative cut-off point 50% to classify high and low Medicare share hospitals
AMI | HF | Pneumonia | |
|---|---|---|---|
High Medicare share hospitals | −0.181* (0.09) | − 0.175* (0.08) | − 0.354* (0.10) |
Post-HVBP | −2.058* (0.11) | 0.437* (0.10) | −0.149 (0.11) |
High Medicare share hospitals x Post-HVBP | 0.047 (0.07) | 0.101 (0.08) | 0.194* (0.07) |
Teaching hospital | −0.174 (0.12) | −0.102 (0.11) | − 0.021 (0.13) |
Government non-federal (ref: not-for-profit) | 0.358* (0.10) | 0.095 (0.08) | 0.515* (0.12) |
For-profit (ref: not-for-profit) | 0.248* (0.08) | −0.203* (0.08) | 0.126 (0.10) |
Bed size: 100–199 (ref: < 100) | 0.285* (0.12) | −0.037 (0.08) | −0.133 (0.11) |
Bed size: > = 200 (ref: < 100) | 0.289* (0.12) | −0.069 (0.09) | −0.024 (0.12) |
Midwest (ref: Northeast) | 0.067 (0.09) | 0.231* (0.09) | 0.023 (0.10) |
South (ref: Northeast) | 0.449* (0.11) | 0.517* (0.10) | 0.472* (0.12) |
West (ref: Northeast) | 0.014 (0.10) | 0.526* (0.10) | 0.189* (0.12) |
DSH % | 0.800* (0.23) | −0.559* (0.17) | −0.185 (0.21) |
Average daily census | −0.002* (0.0002) | −0.002* (0.0003) | − 0.002* (0.0003) |
Poverty rate | 0.011 (0.018) | 0.006 (0.02) | −0.003 (0.02) |
Unemployment rate | 0.010 (0.023) | −0.034 (0.02) | −0.006 (0.02) |
N | 11,600 | 14,960 | 15,048 |