Table 4.
Effect of the New Jersey Health Care Reform Act on Mechanical Revascularization Rates (Angioplasty or CABG)
Insured Patients | Uninsured Patients | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Risk Adjustment | Risk Adjustment | |||
No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Constant | 0.0772*** | 0.3934*** | 0.0589*** | 0.0513 |
New Jersey | 0.0501*** | 0.0541*** | 0.0644** | 0.0651*** |
1991 | 0.0433*** | 0.0415*** | 0.0460* | 0.0455** |
1992 | 0.0925*** | 0.0920*** | 0.1072*** | 0.1049*** |
1993 | 0.1281*** | 0.1284*** | 0.1363*** | 0.1349*** |
1994 | 0.1726*** | 0.1710*** | 0.2086*** | 0.2031*** |
1995 | 0.2314*** | 0.2266*** | 0.3025*** | 0.2954*** |
1996 | 0.2729*** | 0.2701*** | 0.3359*** | 0.3319*** |
Interaction—NJ and 1993 | −0.0035 | −0.0068 | −0.0152 | 0.0132 |
Interaction—NJ and 1994 | −0.0075 | −0.0135** | −0.0404 | −0.0440 |
Interaction—NJ and 1995 | −0.0395*** | −0.0399*** | −0.1388*** | −0.1408*** |
Interaction—NJ and 1996 | −0.0362*** | −0.0374*** | −0.1085*** | −0.1132*** |
Number of observations | 273,878 | 273,878 | 12,762 | 12,762 |
F value | 1177 | 1005.8 | 67.8 | 33.0 |
Adjusted R2 | .05 | .10 | .05 | .07 |
Test of controls | 15.3 (.00) | 13.6 (.00) | .03 (.70) | .03 (.72) |
Asterisks indicate the level of significance:
<.05,
<.01,
<.001.