Table 4.

Adjusted Length of Stay For Patients Aged 18 to 64 Years, by Type of Hospital

	Mean Length of Stay, d			P Valuea
Hospital Ownership	Proprietary Hospital	Government Hospital	Nonprofit Hospital	Proprietary vs Government	Proprietary vs Nonprofit	Government vs Nonprofit
ACSC
All	3.10	2.89	2.92	<.01	.02	.61
Self-pay	2.64	2.83	2.77	.28	.56	.49
Medicaid	3.49	3.06	3.16	.04	.02	.31
All other payments	3.03	2.83	2.86	.01	.03	.59
Non-ACSC
All	3.10	2.92	2.86	.02	<.01	.04
Self-pay	2.64	2.89	2.72	.01	.28	.03
Medicaid	3.03	3.06	3.16	.61	.16	.35
All other payments	3.19	2.83	2.80	<.01	<.01	.12

ACSC=ambulatory care–sensitive condition.

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

^aP value based on difference in days.