Table 3.
Unweighted and Population-Weighted Means of Medical Expenditures, Utilization, and County Characteristics.
| Counties in Sample | All Counties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted | Weighted | Unweighted | Weighted | |
| Hospital Level Expenditures | ||||
| Hospital Facility Expenditures Per Bed (Thousands) | 295 (233) | 301 (231) | 240 (220) | 299 (252) |
| Hospital Facility Expenditures Per Bed Day | 480 (306) | 578 (318) | 396 (299) | 545 (359) |
| Total Days Per Hospital Bed | 737 (796) | 589 (560) | 707 (821) | 637 (697) |
| N | 18,745 | 120,973 | ||
| County Medicare Expenditures | ||||
| Part A Expenditures Per Enrollee | 2,220 (829) | 2,512 (1,041) | 2,226 (843) | 2,385 (879) |
| Part B Expenditures Per Enrollee | 1,413 (528) | 1,518 (545) | 1,431 (696) | 1,510 (623) |
| County Demographics | ||||
| Per Capita Income | 21,325 (8,600) | 25,782 (10,209) | 17,769 (6,085) | 22,745 (8,747) |
| Fraction Male | 0.50 (0.02) | 0.49 (0.01) | 0.49 (0.02) | 0.49 (0.01) |
| Fraction White | 0.89 (0.10) | 0.78 (0.11) | 0.89 (0.15) | 0.83 (0.14) |
| Fraction African-American | 0.06 (0.07) | 0.13 (0.10) | 0.09 (0.14) | 0.13 (0.13) |
| N | 2,261 | 58,387 | ||
| County Mortality Rates | ||||
| Total Deaths Per 1,000 Population | 8.03 (2.76) | 7.62 (2.59) | 7.43 (4.16) | 6.72 (4.24) |
| Deaths Per 1,000 Age 20 to 64 | 3.26 (1.36) | 3.39 1.40 | 3.02 (1.88) | 2.84 (1.94) |
| Deaths Per 1,000 Age 65 and up | 48.42 (11.75) | 47.75 (11.93) | 44.84 (22.48) | 40.33 (23.36) |
| 1,473 | 10,199 | |||
Notes: The table presents means (standard deviations in parentheses) of the average cost of medical care and other demographic characteristics. The unit of analysis for the hospital data is a hospital-year, and for the county-level data it is a county-year. The counties “in sample” include all counties in New York and California, as well as Cook County, IL (Chicago), King County, WA (Seattle), Harris County, TX (Houston) and all counties in the St. Louis, MO metropolitan area. The “all counties” data include all counties in the U.S. for which data are available. For confidentiality reasons, starting in1989 all mortality data for counties below 100,000 individuals are collapsed into a single unit by state. All variables cover the time period from 1985 to 2003. All dollar amounts are reported in thousands of year 2000 dollars, adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (series CUUR0000SA0).