Table 3.

Adjusted 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	2.77	3.19	2.89	<.01	.04	<.01
Proprietary hospital	2.64	3.49	3.03	<.01	.09	<.01
Government hospital	2.83	3.06	2.83	.03	.90	.06
Nonprofit hospital	2.77	3.16	2.86	<.01	.08	<.01
Non-ACSC
All	2.74	3.13	2.86	<.01	.01	<.01
Proprietary hospital	2.64	3.03	3.19	<.01	<.01	<.01
Government hospital	2.89	3.06	2.83	.16	.60	.03
Nonprofit hospital	2.72	3.16	2.80	<.01	.03	<.01

ACSC=ambulatory care–sensitive condition.

Note: Adjusted for age, sex, race, and Deyo-Charlson Comorbidity Index.

^aP value based on difference in days.