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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2005 Apr;43(4):308–319. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000156848.62086.06

Appendix Figure 2. Black-White Mortality.

Appendix Figure 2

Mortality Disparity. We present the marginal probability of death at 1 day, 30-days, and 1 year if a patient is black compared to white, all other things being equal. This is the absolute percentage point difference, with 95% confidence intervals, in mortality among whites compared to blacks; thus a negative difference suggests that blacks have lower mortality than whites. AR = models including only age and race; ARC = models including age, race, and clinical condition, including being an ideal candidate for therapy (CCP quality indicators only); ARCH = models including age, race, clinical condition, being an ideal candidate, and hospital.