| Medicare | Private | P-value | Medicare FFS | Medicare MC | P-value | Private FFS | Private MC | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospitals> 400 beds (%) | 32.8 | 35.1 | 0.01 | 31.8 | 47.3 | <.001 | 35.8 | 33.9 | 0.33 |
Teach hospital (%) | 35.3 | 37.3 | 0.03 | 33.9 | 55.2 | <.001 | 37.8 | 36.4 | 0.47 |
Age (years) | 77.22 | 72.07 | <.001 | 77.25 | 76.72 | <.001 | 71.95 | 72.28 | 0.22 |
Male (%) | 43.23 | 57.2 | <.001 | 43.5 | 39.2 | <.001 | 59.1 | 53.6 | <.01 |
Married (%) | 43.53 | 63.02 | <.001 | 44.3 | 32.8 | <.001 | 64.8 | 59.6 | <.01 |
Smoking (%) | 14.62 | 15.55 | 0.17 | 14.58 | 15.17 | 0.40 | 16.10 | 14.53 | 0.29 |
Asthma (%) | 16.05 | 15.28 | 0.29 | 15.98 | 17.03 | 0.15 | 15.06 | 15.70 | 0.67 |
TB (%) | 8.31 | 8.92 | 0.24 | 8.27 | 8.81 | 0.33 | 9.40 | 8.04 | 0.22 |
Depression (%) | 10.31 | 8.99 | 0.02 | 10.33 | 10.05 | 0.67 | 9.35 | 8.33 | 0.38 |
Obesity (%) | 25.28 | 26.71 | 0.09 | 25.25 | 25.66 | 0.63 | 26.22 | 27.62 | 0.43 |
White (%) | 63.32 | 62.95 | 0.68 | 64.8 | 42.4 | <.001 | 64.3 | 60.4 | 0.03 |
Black (%) | 32.41 | 29.99 | <.01 | 30.8 | 54.5 | <.001 | 29.1 | 31.6 | 0.17 |
Income ($) | 69,774 | 74,624 | <.001 | 70,624 | 58,067 | <.001 | 72,776 | 78,049 | <.001 |
Urban (%) | 60.69 | 56.6 | <.001 | 59.3 | 79.3 | <.001 | 57.8 | 54.2 | 0.06 |
Environmental Hazard (%) | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.78 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.38 |
LOS (days) | 4.47 | 4.12 | <.001 | 4.47 | 4.51 | 0.67 | 4.15 | 4.05 | 0.51 |
ESRD (%) | 5.2 | 3.5 | <.001 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 0.63 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.99 |
30-day Readmit (%) | 15.9 | 13.4 | <.001 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 0.02 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 0.04 |
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