Table 8. Differences in CABG and PCI Use in Association With County-level Physician Supply.
CABG Within Three Months | PCI Within Three Months | |||||||
Hierarchical Model | FE Logit model | Hierarchical Model | FE Logit model | |||||
Coefficient (95% CI) | Coefficient (95% CI) | Coefficient (95% CI) | Coefficient (95% CI) | |||||
Surgeons/Interventional Cardiologists Per Capita | ||||||||
First quintile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Second quintile | 0.014c | (0.007–0.020) | 0.015c | (0.005–0.026) | −0.001 | (−0.007–0.004) | 0.004 | (−0.004–0.012) |
Third quintile | 0.017c | (0.010–0.024) | 0.021c | (0.008–0.035) | 0.005 | (−0.001–0.011) | 0.008a | (−0.001–0.017) |
Fourth quintile | 0.009b | (0.000–0.017) | 0.017c | (0.005–0.029) | 0.008b | (0.000–0.016) | 0.012b | (0.002–0.022) |
Fifth quintile | 0.019c | (0.009–0.028) | 0.033c | (0.018–0.049) | 0.018c | (0.008–0.027) | 0.023b | (0.004–0.041) |
Interaction Effect | ||||||||
Black, first quintile | 0.005 | (−0.007–0.018) | −0.017b | (−0.034–0) | 0.006 | (−0.012–0.024) | 0.01 | (−0.002–0.023) |
Black, second quintile | −0.015b | (−0.029–−0.001) | −0.024c | (−0.036–−0.013) | 0.002 | (−0.015–0.018) | 0.005 | (−0.015–0.025) |
Black, third quintile | −0.019a | (−0.039–0.002) | −0.033c | (−0.047–−0.02) | −0.003 | (−0.027–0.021) | −0.009a | (−0.019–0.001) |
Black, fourth quintile | −0.008 | (−0.031–0.014) | −0.023b | (−0.042–−0.003) | −0.020 | (−0.045–0.006) | −0.013 | (−0.036–0.009) |
Black, fifth quintile | −0.012 | (−0.039–0.015) | −0.016a | (−0.032–0.001) | −0.013 | (−0.045–0.020) | −0.011 | (−0.029–0.007) |
p<0.1;
p<0.05;
p<0.01 (two-tailed tests).