Table 4.

T-test results for slope

T-test Results	Significance and Decision
Comparing slopes within Avoidable Hospitalizations
Urban AHRs vs Rural AHRs	p > 0.05; do not reject Ho
Comparing slopes within non-Avoidable Hospitalizations
Urban non-AHRs vs Rural non-AHRs	p < 0.005; reject Ho
Comparing slopes within Total Hospitalizations
Urban tot-HRs vs Rural tot-HRs	p < 0.01; reject Ho
Avoidable vs non-Avoidable Hospitalizations
Urban AHR vs Urban non-AHR	p < 0.01; reject Ho
Rural AHR vs Rural non-AHR	p < 0.01; reject Ho
Total AHRs vs Total non-AHRs	p > 0.05; do not reject Ho