Table 10. Regression results using various measures of urban hospital cost per case as a dependent variable.
| Item | Dependent variable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| MOCC | STDCST | STDCSTO | FSTD | FSTDO | |
| Independent variable | Coefficient | ||||
| Constant | 7.58 | 7.59 | 7.59 | 7.61 | 6.61 |
| IRB | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.42 | (1) | (1) |
| CMI | 0.89 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) |
| WI | 0.81 | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) |
| MPOP2 | *0.01 | *0.01 | *0.00 | *0.01 | 0.00 |
| MPOP3 | 0.04 | *0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| CC | *0.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| LOW1 | *0.01 | *0.01 | *0.01 | (1) | (1) |
| LOW2 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | (1) | (1) |
| LOW3 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | (1) | (1) |
| LOW4 | *0.02 | *0.02 | *0.00 | (1) | (1) |
| LOW5 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | (1) | (1) |
| BED2 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.08 |
| BED3 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| BED4 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.14 |
| BED5 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.14 |
| BED6 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.16 |
| BED7 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.16 |
| BED8 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.12 |
| BED9 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.13 |
| BED10 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.10 |
| Regression statistic | |||||
| R2 | 0.58 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
*
Not statistically significant at the 5-percent level for a two-tailed test.
1
Variable not included.
NOTE: Variable names and definitions are shown in Table 1.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file, Medicare Cost Reports, and the Provider-Specific file.