Table 1.

Selected Characteristics, by Quartile of Spending Intensity

Patient Group:		Local Floridians				Visitors
		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Area-level
Intensity Proxy: mean log(costs) | mortality		8.90	9.12*	9.31*	9.57*	8.89	9.11*	9.31*	9.56*
Outcome	Mortality	0.058	0.061	0.052*	0.055	0.070	0.064	0.048*	0.049*
Personal Characteristics	Male	0.526	0.518	0.521	0.511	0.624	0.605	0.63	0.634
	Age	73.5	72.4	71.3*	70.4*	72.5	71.2	70.1	67.0*
	White	0.913	0.849*	0.755	0.535*	0.966	0.925*	0.938	0.745*
ZIP Code of Residence	Median HH Income	36825	38531	38792	38123	47357	46572	49994	45527
	Percent White	0.864	0.813*	0.801*	0.682*	0.874	0.838*	0.852	0.785*
	Percent >65 years old	0.273	0.221*	0.190*	0.151*	0.140	0.143	0.141	0.135
	Percent No HS Degree	0.198	0.188	0.226	0.260	0.161	0.173	0.158	0.186*
	Percent Rural	0.151	0.090	0.140	0.028	0.304	0.302	0.244	0.235
Payer Categories	Medicare	0.652	0.616	0.577	0.439*	0.672	0.627	0.606	0.441*
	Medicare HMO	0.126	0.124	0.111	0.186	0.053	0.043	0.045	0.045
	Medicaid	0.026	0.035	0.052*	0.070*	0.006	0.012*	0.009	0.022*
	Private Insurance	0.148	0.172*	0.198*	0.227*	0.220	0.263*	0.297*	0.351*
Comorbidities	No Comorbidities	0.313	0.319	0.330*	0.355*	0.386	0.380	0.413	0.439*
	Prior AMI	0.133	0.117	0.109*	0.095*	0.144	0.132	0.135	0.100*
	Congestive Heart Failure	0.174	0.162	0.147*	0.142*	0.170	0.161	0.149*	0.165
	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0.288	0.285	0.287	0.246*	0.212	0.216	0.201	0.175*
	Diabetes	0.237	0.240	0.252	0.263*	0.200	0.213	0.198	0.211
Timing	1st Quarter	0.286	0.278	0.270*	0.266*	0.522	0.458	0.498	0.399*
	Weekend	0.281	0.277	0.272*	0.266*	0.286	0.283	0.281	0.293
Area	Per-diem in January	111	119	119	127*	109	118	124	127*
Prices	Per-diem in July	99	107	105	115*	96	106*	102	116*
	Observations	169575	216209	144681	219297	8436	10149	9655	8945

^*=significantly different from bottom quartile at the 5% level, computed using standard errors clustered at the Health Service Area level. ZIP code characteristics reported for those with ZIP code information.