Table 4. Ordinary Least Squares Regression Coefficients: Hospital Charges for Infant.
| Independent Variable | Total Sample | White Infants | Non-White Infants | |||
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| (2.1) | (2.2) | (2.1) | (2.2) | (2.1) | (2.2) | |
| Birth Weight in Ounces (BWT) | -10.24 | — | -19.45 | — | -6.02 | — |
| *(2.00) | — | *(2.04) | — | (2.40) | — | |
| Birth Weight 1,500-2,500 Grams (BWT2) | — | -1,065.41 | — | -1,876.65 | — | 149.53 |
| — | *(2.04) | — | *(2.03) | — | **(0.57) | |
| Birth Weight Less Than 1,500 Grams (BWT3) | — | 13,638.32 | — | 26,077.08 | — | 8,364.34 |
| — | (8.29) | — | (8.31) | — | (10.74) | |
| Transferred | 48,091.43 | 47,119.67 | 52,919.93 | 52,099.91 | 35,864.35 | 34,760.26 |
| (31.80) | (31.25) | (23.37) | (23.16) | (36.79) | (36.01) | |
| Stayed | 438.55 | 335.13 | 511.97 | 341.07 | 317.90 | 219.90 |
| (12.98) | (8.88) | (9.78) | (5.90) | (15.63) | (9.55) | |
| Died | -7,084.12 | -16,891.20 | -10,371.15 | -29,261.59 | -3,982.25 | 9,966.78 |
| (4.10) | (8.01) | (3.35) | (7.55) | (4.61) | (9.79) | |
| Constant | 692.74 | -228.82 | 1,647.20 | -228.73 | 499.80 | 34.67 |
| R2 | 0.2381 | 0.2466 | 0.2223 | 0.2366 | 0.5228 | 0.5422 |
| N | 6,702 | 6,702 | 4,075 | 4,075 | 2,626 | 2,626 |
| F-value | 523.4 | 438.5 | 290.9 | 252.3 | 718.1 | 620.7 |
*
Statistically significant at the .05 level.
**
Not statistically significant at the .10 level.
NOTES: t-values in parentheses. All coefficients significant at the .01 level except as previously noted.
SOURCE: Henderson, J., Baylor University, 1994.