Table 5. Results of fully specified regressions using two alternative dependent variables.
| Item | Dependent variable is STDCSTO | Dependent variable is MOCC | ||
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| Unweighted | Weighted | Unweighted | Weighted | |
| Independent variable | Coefficient | |||
| Constant | 7.37 | 7.42 | 7.36 | 7.42 |
| IRB | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.50 | 0.66 |
| CMI | (1) | (1) | 0.91 | 0.83 |
| WI | (1) | (1) | 0.98 | 0.91 |
| MPOPI | *0.02 | *-0.01 | *0.01 | *-0.02 |
| MPOP2 | *0.02 | *0.00 | *0.00 | *0.00 |
| MPOP3 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| CC | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| BEDS | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| LOWIN | (1) | (1) | -0.09 | -0.19 |
| LOWIN × URB>99 | (1) | (1) | 0.27 | 0.41 |
| DSHVARS | — | — | (1) | (1) |
| Regression statistics | ||||
| R2 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.68 | 0.72 |
| F-statistic | 199.00 | 211.00 | 1,120 | 1,368 |
*
Not statistically significant at the 5-percent level for a two-tailed test.
1
Variable not included.
NOTES: Variable names and definitions are shown in Table 1. Hospitals located in New York State are excluded.
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.