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Table 7.

Predicted Utilization for Simulated Scenarios, Rural Uninsured, Radius-Based Specification

		Physician Visits		Nonphysician Visits		ED Visits		Any Expenditures

Simulation Variable	Simulation Value	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
No. of EDs within 10 miles	25th pctile	1.49	(0.12)^**	0.79	(0.15)	0.12	(0.01)^**	0.59	(0.02)
	75th pctile	1.79	(0.11)^**	0.64	(0.10)	0.19	(0.01)^**	0.59	(0.01)
No. of public hospitals within 10 miles	25th pctile	1.74	(0.11)	0.73	(0.11)^*	0.17	(0.02)	0.60	(0.01)
	75th pctile	1.58	(0.16)	0.54	(0.11)^*	0.16	(0.02)	0.57	(0.02)
No. of BPHC providers within 10 miles	25th pctile	1.61	(0.10)^*	0.72	(0.11)^*	0.17	(0.01)	0.58	(0.01)^*
	75th pctile	1.77	(0.12)^*	0.58	(0.09)^*	0.16	(0.01)	0.61	(0.01)^*
No. of primary care physicians per 1,000	25th pctile	1.68	(0.11)	0.68	(0.11)	0.18	(0.01)^**	0.60	(0.01)
	75th pctile	1.69	(0.11)	0.69	(0.11)	0.15	(0.01)^**	0.58	(0.01)

Notes

^**

p <.01 for difference between 25th percentile and 75th percentile.

p <.05 for difference between 25th percentile and 75th percentile.

ED, emergency department; BPHC, Bureau of Primary Healthcare; pctile, percentile.