Table 2.

Unadjusted Length of Stay For Patients Aged 18 to 64 Years, by Principal Expected Source of Payment

	Mean Length of Stay, d			P Valuea
Hospital Ownership	Self-pay	Medicaid	All Other Payments	Self-pay vs Medicaid	Self-pay vs All Other	Medicaid vs All Other
ACSC
All	2.61	3.19	2.89	<.01	<.01	<.01
Proprietary hospital	2.51	3.46	3.03	<.01	.03	<.01
Government hospital	2.69	3.13	2.89	<.01	.01	.05
Nonprofit hospital	2.58	3.19	2.89	<.01	<.01	<.01
Non-ACSC
All	2.74	2.94	2.89	.02	<.01	.40
Proprietary hospital	2.56	2.74	3.19	.03	<.01	<.01
Government hospital	2.94	3.00	2.94	.77	.99	.75
Nonprofit hospital	2.72	3.00	2.83	<.01	<.01	.04

ACSC=ambulatory care–sensitive condition.

^aP value based on difference in days.