Table 5.
Impact of private insurance on quality and distance traveled
Transplant center attributes |
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Quality | Distance | |
Baseline model | ||
Private | 0.0044 [0.0039, 0.0049] | 58.9 [58.2, 59.5] |
Medicare | 0.0017 [0.0012, 0.0022] | 50.7 [50.2, 51.3] |
Difference | 0.0027 [0.0019, 0.0034] | 8.1 [7.2, 9.0] |
Recipeints only | ||
Private | 0.0029 [0.0022, 0.0035] | 55.4 [54.6, 56.2] |
Medicare | 0.0004 [−0.0004, 0.0011] | 48.1 [47.4, 48.8] |
Difference | 0.0025 [0.0014, 0.0036] | 7.3 [6.1, 8.4] |
Mixed markets | ||
Private | 0.0042 [0.0037, 0.0047] | 56.4 [55.7, 57.0] |
Medicare | 0.0012 [0.0007, 0.0017] | 48.9 [48.4, 49.4] |
Difference | 0.0030 [0.0022, 0.0038] | 7.4 [6.6, 8.3] |
Living donor recipients | ||
Private | 0.0031 [0.0019, 0.0043] | 55.7 [54.3, 57.2] |
Medicare | 0.0010 [−0.0009, 0.0029] | 49.1 [47.3, 50.9] |
Difference | 0.0021 [−0.0002, 0.0045] | 6.7 [4.3, 9.0] |
Centers <120 miles | ||
Private | 0.0038 [0.0033, 0.0043] | 32.5 [32.2, 32.7] |
Medicare | 0.0007 [0.0001, 0.0012] | 30.8 [30.5, 31.0] |
Difference | 0.0031 [0.0023, 0.0040] | 1.7 [1.4, 2.1] |
95% Confidence Intervals are in brackets.