Appendix Table 3.
Changes in Relative Cost Rankings After Adding a Very Low SES Population to the Patient Sample
| Change in Ranking, number of Physicians (Percent) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed relative cost for lowest SES patients |
No change |
1 Percentile |
2 Percentiles |
3-5 Percentiles |
>5 Percentiles |
| Base case analysis | 5939 (64) | 2813 (30) | 380 (4) | 96 (1) | 3 (<1) |
| 5% higher episode costs | 5922 (64) | 2627 (28) | 493 (5) | 176 (2) | 13 (<1) |
| 10% higher episode costs | 4414 (48) | 3281 (36) | 848 (9) | 564 (6) | 124 (1) |
| 25% higher episode costs | 2712 (29) | 2348 (25) | 1433 (16) | 1973 (21) | 765 (8) |
Notes: Fixed effects analysis using an attribution rule based on plurality of costs.