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.