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. 2007 Oct;42(5):1981–1998. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00698.x

Table 2.

PSI Means by Medicaid Characteristics

Medicaid Characteristics Decube Mean Laceration Mean Combined Mean
Discharge level
 Privately insured 0.0030 0.0009 0.0015
 Uninsured 0.0013* 0.0004* 0.0006*
 Medicaid 0.0033 0.0006* 0.0013*
Hospital level
 Below-median Medicaid discharges 0.0029 0.0006 0.0011
 Above-median Medicaid discharges 0.0031 0.0008* 0.0014*
 No DSH payments 0.0027 0.0006 0.0010
 Below-median per-discharge DSH payment 0.0038* 0.0006 0.0013*
 Above-median per-discharge DSH payment 0.0028 0.0009* 0.0015*
Market level
 Unconcentrated hospital market (hospital HHI≤1,800) 0.0034 0.0009 0.0017
 Concentrated hospital market (hospital HHI>1,800) 0.0019* 0.0003* 0.0006*
 Unconcentrated Medicaid payer market (Medicaid payer HHI≤1,800) 0.0031 0.0007 0.0013
 Concentrated Medicaid payer market (Medicaid payer HHI>1,800) 0.0024 0.0010 0.0013
 Below-median Medicaid HMO enrollment 0.0030 0.0007 0.0013
 Above-median Medicaid HMO enrollment 0.0050* 0.0019* 0.0030*

DSH, disproportionate share hospital; HHI, Herfindahl–Hirschman index; HMO, health maintenance organization.