Table 8 Association of HVBP with 30-day risk adjusted mortality rate for AMI, HF, and pneumonia using alternative cut-off point 60% to classify high and low Medicare share hospitals
AMI | HF | Pneumonia | |
|---|---|---|---|
High Medicare share hospitals | −0.120* (0.13) | − 0.142 (0.10) | −0.249* (0.13) |
Post-HVBP | −2.052* (0.11) | 0.484* (0.09) | −0.083 (0.11) |
High Medicare share hospitals x Post-HVBP | 0.033 (0.11) | −0.054 (0.08) | 0.063 (0.10) |
Teaching hospital | −0.143 (0.12) | −0.083 (0.11) | 0.027 (0.12) |
Government non-federal (ref: not-for-profit) | 0.358* (0.10) | 0.099 (0.08) | 0.518* (0.12) |
For-profit (ref: not-for-profit) | 0.252* (0.08) | −0.200* (0.08) | 0.130 (0.10) |
Bed size: 100–199 (ref: < 100) | 0.299* (0.12) | 0.081 (0.08) | −0.127 (0.11) |
Bed size: > = 200 (ref: < 100) | 0.299* (0.12) | −0.073 (0.09) | − 0.018 (0.12) |
Midwest (ref: Northeast) | 0.061 (0.09) | 0.230* (0.09) | 0.016 (0.10) |
South (ref: Northeast) | 0.442* (0.11) | 0.520* (0.10) | 0.471* (0.12) |
West (ref: Northeast) | 0.053 (0.10) | 0.544* (0.10) | 0.245* (0.12) |
DSH % | 0.861* (0.22) | −0.551* (0.17) | −0.132 (0.20) |
Average daily census | −0.002* (0.0003) | − 0.002* (0.0003) | − 0.002* (0.0003) |
Poverty rate | 0.010 (0.018) | 0.005 (0.02) | −0.006 (0.02) |
Unemployment rate | 0.007 (0.023) | −0.035 (0.02) | −0.008 (0.02) |
N | 11,600 | 14,960 | 15,048 |