Table 2.
Rates of Hospitalization Per 1,000 Medicare Beneficiaries by Type of Admission
| Overall | MMC | FFS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory Care Sensitive (all) | 45.98 (22.35) | 30.04 (16.63) | 61.91 (14.65) |
| Acute ACS | 17.62 (9.26) | 10.77 (6.14) | 24.47 (6.32) |
| Dehydration | 3.28 (1.96) | 1.95 (1.33) | 4.61 (1.53) |
| Pneumonia | 10.42 (5.55) | 6.47 (3.75) | 14.36 (4.06) |
| Ruptured Appendix | 0.23 (0.17) | 0.18 (0.20) | 0.28 (0.11) |
| Urinary Tract Infection | 3.93 (2.34) | 2.36 (1.66) | 5.49 (1.82) |
| Chronic ACS | 28.36 (13.67) | 19.27 (10.97) | 37.44 (9.40) |
| Angina | 1.10 (1.03) | 0.79 (0.84) | 1.40 (1.12) |
| Asthma | 1.42 (1.08) | 0.95 (0.84) | 1.89 (1.10) |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | 7.57 (2.86) | 5.63 (2.34) | 8.21 (2.72) |
| Congestive Heart Disease | 17.76 (5.63) | 12.51 (4.9) | 19.5 (4.7) |
| Diabetes Short-term | 0.30 (0.23) | 0.22 (0.24) | 0.38 (0.20) |
| Diabetes Long-term | 2.29 (1.46) | 1.59 (1.29) | 2.99 (1.27) |
| Diabetes Uncontrolled | 0.32 (0.33) | 0.21 (0.28) | 0.42 (0.34) |
| Diabetes Amputation | 0.76 (0.49) | 0.53 (0.47) | 0.99 (0.39) |
| Hypertension | 0.84 (0.62) | 0.64 (0.61) | 1.05 (0.55) |
| Referral-Sensitive (all) | 18.59 (8.78) | 14.41 (7.68) | 22.77 (7.76) |
| Angioplasty | 6.50 (3.96) | 5.09 (3.47) | 7.90 (3.93) |
| Coronary Artery Bypass | 3.14 (1.90) | 2.75 (2.08) | 3.53 (1.60) |
| Elective Joint Replacement | 7.05 (3.72) | 5.20 (3.31) | 8.90 (3.14) |
| Pacemaker Insertion | 1.91 (1.41) | 1.37 (1.31) | 2.45 (1.29) |
| Marker (all) | 8.73 (4.60) | 5.28 (3.00) | 12.18 (3.10) |
| Appendicitis | 0.32 (0.22) | 0.22 (0.22) | 0.43 (0.16) |
| Gastrointestinal Obstruction | 2.97 (1.58) | 1.87 (1.14) | 4.08 (1.11) |
| Hip Fracture | 5.43 (3.04) | 3.18 (1.94) | 7.67 (2.16) |
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| MMC*County*Year Observations 22 | 822 | 411 | 411 |
HCUP SID and Medicare data, AZ, FL, NJ, NY 1999–2005.
Standard deviations in parentheses.
Insurance type, county, year cells weighted by enrollment.