Table 1.

Basic Characteristics of the Sample

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Admissions
New Jersey (n)	11,157	11,796	12,122	12,411	12,257	12,449	12,707
New York (n)	27,694	27,600	29,217	29,088	29,471	29,759	28,913
Proportion uninsured patients
New Jersey (%)	4.4	5.6	5.9	6.1	5.9	5.7	6.2
New York (%)	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.8	4.5	4.3	4.7
Average length of stay in days—insured patients
New Jersey	10.0	9.9	9.7	9.2	8.6	8.2	7.8
New York	9.8	9.7	9.5	9.3	9.2	8.9	8.4
Length of stay in days—uninsured patients
New Jersey	9.9	8.9	9.1	8.5	8.0	7.1	7.5
New York	8.6	8.4	8.0	7.9	7.8	8.0	7.4
Insured mortality rate (%)
New Jersey	15.9	14.6	13.8	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.6
New York	14.2	13.8	12.8	12.4	11.6	11.3	11.0
Uninsured mortality rate (%)
New Jersey	9.7	9.8	7.8	7.5	8.4	9.7	8.3
New York	13.9	11.7	12.0	10.5	7.1	8.2	8.0
Cardiac catheterization rate (%)—insured
New Jersey	26.7	32.9	37.0	39.0	43.4	44.7	47.6
New York	21.9	26.4	31.5	34.9	38.9	44.3	47.3
Cardiac catheterization rate (%)—uninsured
New Jersey	28.1	37.2	44.0	45.3	42.8	45.5	51.1
New York	21.4	27.0	32.5	35.3	43.1	53.6	54.8
Mechanical revascularization rate (%)—insured
New Jersey	11.3	18.2	22.1	25.2	29.2	31.9	36.4
New York	8.3	11.6	16.9	20.5	25.0	30.9	35.0
Mechanical revascularization rate—insured
New Jersey	11.3	17.1	23.6	27.5	29.2	28.7	35.0
New York	6.5	10.4	16.2	19.5	26.8	36.1	39.5