Table 3.

Panel regression estimates of CBSA-level unemployment and cost per discharge by primary expected payer with CBSA fixed-effects, adjusted for patient, population, and market characteristics, 2005-2010 ^†§

	All-payer	Medicare	Commercial
	Hausman test p < .05	Hausman test p < .05	Hausman test p < .05
	Fixed-effects	Fixed-effects	Fixed-effects
	n = 2,461	n = 2,461	n = 2,461
	(459 CBSAs and 6 time periods)	(459 CBSAs and 6 time periods)	(459 CBSAs and 6 time periods)
Unemployment rate	Coeff	Coeff	Coeff
Age16+ unemployed (%)	20.53	33.40	−3.57

Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets from 46 states (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY).

^†Commercial includes non-maternal adults aged 40 to 64 years.

^§Adjusted for Area Wage Index.

Coefficients in bold indicate p < .05.