Table 3.

Incarceration Status and Hospitalization Rates Within 30 Days and 90 Days After Release by Patient Characteristics in the Matched Cohort of Medicare Beneficiaries

Description	30 Days			90 Days
	Description	Never Incarcerated, % (n=110419)	Released From Correctional Facility, % (n=110419)	P Value	Never Incarcerated, % (n=110419)	Released From Correctional Facility, % (n=110419)	P Value
Year of match
2002	1.71	3.31	<.001	4.46	7.91	<.001
2003	1.95	3.84	<.001	4.87	8.94	<.001
2004	1.66	3.65	<.001	4.78	8.43	<.001
2005	2.00	3.95	<.001	4.91	8.38	<.001
2006	1.94	3.83	<.001	4.77	8.30	<.001
2007	1.83	3.76	<.001	4.62	8.06	<.001
2008	1.88	3.88	<.001	5.01	8.31	<.001
2009	2.15	3.89	<.001	5.06	8.34	<.001
2010	1.92	4.44	<.001	4.28	8.26	<.001
Age groups, y
<40	1.52	2.86	<.001	3.94	6.32	<.001
40 to <50	2.15	3.95	<.001	5.10	8.48	<.001
50 to <60	2.11	4.48	<.001	5.35	9.48	<.001
60 to <65	2.10	4.92	<.001	5.45	10.11	<.001
65 to <70	1.67	3.71	<.001	4.09	8.11	<.001
70 to <75	1.78	4.28	<.001	4.88	9.63	<.001
≥75	1.54	5.71	<.001	5.10	11.09	<.001
Female
No	1.89	3.90	<.001	4.71	8.26	<.001
Yes	2.11	3.78	<.001	5.31	8.68	<.001
Race
White	1.78	3.83	<.001	4.54	8.31	<.001
Black	2.27	3.96	<.001	5.47	8.38	<.001
Other	1.66	4.03	<.001	4.06	8.21	<.001
Medicare status
≥65 y	1.60	4.06	<.001	4.28	8.84	<.001
≥65 y with ESRD	10.53	36.84	.05	21.05	36.84	.26
Disabled	1.95	3.80	<.001	4.84	8.16	<.001
Disabled with ESRD	14.58	21.88	.07	31.25	43.23	.01

Abbreviation: ESRD, end-stage renal disease.