Table 3.

Univariate Statistics of Competition Coefficients for All Pairs of Hospitals in Five MSAs

			Competition Coefficients
MSA Name	Number of Hospitals	Mean Distance (Miles)	25%	Median	75%	95%	Average
Bakersfield	10	37.4	0.000	0.012	0.229	0.809	0.161
LA—Long Beach	120	20.3	0.001	0.008	0.047	0.328	0.060
Sacramento	14	23.8	0.010	0.066	0.281	0.582	0.168
Salinas	5	25.5	0.005	0.051	0.176	0.559	0.124
San Francisco	22	10.3	0.010	0.067	0.198	0.566	0.148