Table 3.

Risk-adjusted odds-ratio of inpatient mortality by hospital spending quintile for six major medical conditions, 1999–2003 and 2004–2008

Quintile of hospital spending	AMI	CHF	Stroke	GI bleed	Hip fracture	Pneumonia
1999–2003
2	0.996 [0.870–1.122]	0.969 [0.838–1.099]	0.927 [0.782–1.071]	0.990 [0.855–1.125]	0.844 [0.667–1.022]	0.962 [0.850–1.075]
3	0.921 [0.806–1.037]	0.816 [0.695–0.936]	0.761 [0.628–0.895]	0.854 [0.719–0.989]	0.773 [0.605–0.941]	0.827 [0.704–0.951]
4	0.928 [0.794–1.062]	0.802 [0.682–0.922]	0.777 [0.642–0.912]	0.873 [0.738–1.009]	0.740 [0.581–0.898]	0.797 [0.693–0.901]
5	0.862 [0.742–0.983]	0.737 [0.617–0.857]	0.693 [0.555–0.831]	0.900 [0.742–1.058]	0.836 [0.613–1.058]	0.729 [0.619–0.840]
2004–2008
2	0.912 [0.738–1.086]	0.827 [0.696–0.958]	0.854 [0.697–1.011]	0.972 [0.780–1.163]	0.987 [0.813–1.160]	0.881 [0.745–1.018]
3	0.781 [0.632–0.929]	0.816 [0.694–0.939]	0.800 [0.676–0.925]	0.979 [0.794–1.165]	0.992 [0.791–1.194]	0.828 [0.726–0.929]
4	0.750 [0.602–0.898]	0.766 [0.653–0.878]	0.793 [0.651–0.935]	1.034 [0.854–1.214]	1.047 [0.833–1.261]	0.802 [0.703–0.900]
5	0.741 [0.590–0.891]	0.755 [0.630–0.879]	0.811 [0.680–0.942]	0.821 [0.668–0.975]	0.973 [0.758–1.188]	0.729 [0.624–0.834]

Notes: Odds ratios of inpatient mortality for a given hospital spending quintile are calculated with respect to the lowest quintile. 95% confidence interval in brackets. Abbreviations: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF), gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GI bleed).