Table 4.

OLS Regressions of AMI Patient Treatments, Payments, and Outcomes on System Status, 1985–1998

		Dependent Variables
Hospital Size	System Status	Transferred	Catheter within 90 Days	PTCA or CABG within 90 Days	Log 90-Day Payments	90-Day Mortality
<250 Beds	Urban w/local	−.12	−.39	−.19	.23	.17
	big partner	(.62)	(.36)	(.29)	(.87)	(.21)
	Rural w/local	.18	.34	.19	1.26	−1.09 **
	big partner	(.83)	(.56)	(.48)	(1.27)	(.34)
	Other system	−1.09 **	−.16	.33	−.14	−.05
		(.36)	(.28)	(.23)	(.50)	(.15)
≥250 Beds	Local partner	−.75*	.65	.51	.88	.02
		(.36)	(.43)	(.36)	(.76)	(.17)
	Other system	.24	.94	.66	2.44**	−.17
		(.52)	(.54)	(.52)	(.90)	(.24)

Notes: Coefficients and clustered standard errors (in parentheses) are reported in percentage points.

See Appendix A and Appendix B available online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com for full regression results.

^*Significant at p≤.05 level;

^**Significant at p≤.01 level.