Table 4.
Outpatient Visits
| Static Specification (1) |
Static Specification (2) |
Dynamic Specification (3) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| One transition | 0.664*** (0.025) |
0.725*** (0.027) |
0.868*** (0.032) |
| More than one transition | 0.843*** (0.037) |
0.973 (0.042) |
1.103** (0.047) |
| Age | 1.011*** (0.00096) |
1.004*** (0.00093) |
1.005*** (0.00091) |
| Male | 0.779*** (0.026) |
0.740*** (0.024) |
0.715*** (0.023) |
| Married | 0.944** (0.022) |
0.954** (0.022) |
0.954* (0.023) |
| Graduated high school | 1.333*** (0.041) |
1.449*** (0.043) |
1.284*** (0.038) |
| White | 1.114*** (0.035) |
1.176*** (0.035) |
1.154*** (0.035) |
| Family size | 0.976*** (0.0064) |
0.981*** (0.0063) |
0.976*** (0.0065) |
| Employed | 0.682*** (0.011) |
0.711*** (0.012) |
0.645*** (0.013) |
| Health (self-reported) | 0.881*** (0.0090) |
0.933*** (0.0097) |
0.943*** (0.011) |
| Income | 1.016*** (0.0059) |
1.025*** (0.0060) |
1.041*** (0.0065) |
| Number of chronic conditions | 1.066*** (0.0066) |
1.060*** (0.0066) |
1.058*** (0.0071) |
| Average employment status over the observation time frame | 0.847*** (0.039) |
0.969 (0.046) |
|
| Average self reported health status over the observation time frame | 0.358*** (0.016) |
0.416*** (0.018) |
|
| Outpatient visits in prior period | 0.999*** (0.00025) |
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| Outpatient visits at baseline | 1.083*** (0.0041) |
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| Observations | 37482 | 37482 | 31235 |
| Number of individuals | 6247 | 6247 | 6247 |
Note that dummy variables for each round were included in the models but are not reported for purposes of brevity.