Table 4.

Differential Effects of PPS and BBRA on Professional Staffing by For-Profit, Chain, and Hospital-Based Status (N=60,283)

	Interaction with For-Profit	Interaction with Chain	Interaction with Hospital-Based
Differential Policy Effects
PPS × Very Low Medicare	0.132	−0.113	−0.35*
	(0.094)	(0.095)	(0.20)
PPS × Low Medicare	0.083	−0.093	−0.64***
	(0.96)	(0.096)	(0.21)
PPS × Medium Medicare	−0.16	−0.30***	−0.24
	(0.11)	(0.11)	(0.26)
PPS × High Medicare	−1.00***	−0.19	−0.46*
	(0.25)	(0.22)	(0.25)
BBRA × Very Low Medicare	−0.067	0.069	0.09
	(0.057)	(0.058)	(0.14)
BBRA × Low Medicare	−0.060	0.079	0.31**
	(0.058)	(0.058)	(0.15)
BBRA × Medium Medicare	−0.030	0.131*	0.13
	(0.072)	(0.069)	(0.15)
BBRA × High Medicare	0.35**	0.08	0.51***
	(0.16)	(0.14)	(0.17)

Notes: Table displays only a subset of variables included in the regression. Robust standard errors in parentheses.

^*significant at 10%;

^**significant at 5%;

^***significant at 1%.