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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2014 Oct 22;39:1–16. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.09.003

Appendix Table 5.

Estimation results using individuals from different hospitals

(1) South non-Metro region (2) South Metro region (3) Non-South Metro region
Distance from residential zip code −0.0608*** [−21.42] −0.0675*** [−9.054] −0.0957*** [−16.80]

Distance from originating hospital −0.0556*** [−20.78] −0.0781*** [−10.67] −0.105*** [−17.75]

Number of CNAs per bed −0.614** [−2.457] −1.904*** [−10.19] −0.782*** [−5.893]

Number of RNs per bed 3.396*** [5.110] 2.676*** [12.51] 2.916*** [11.44]

Number of LPNs per bed 1.102 [1.391] 2.824*** [6.533] 1.899*** [5.531]

% of black in NH −0.0224*** [−4.842] −0.0381*** [−9.228] −0.0521*** [−12.95]

Black * Distance from residential zip code 0.0104*** [3.108] 3.26E−05 [0.00679] 0.0209 [1.086]

Black * Distance from originating hospital 0.00980*** [3.257] −0.00075 [−0.120] −0.0614*** [−5.987]

Black * Number of CNAs per bed −0.961* [−1.899] −0.0268 [−0.0618] −0.173 [−0.866]

Black * Number of RNs per bed 1.184 [1.582] 0.189 [0.332] 0.163 [0.514]

Black * Number of LPNs per bed 0.512 [0.469] −1.962*** [−3.222] 0.591 [1.157]

Black * % of black in NH 0.0412*** [5.796] 0.0429*** [9.778] 0.0535*** [10.84]

Observations 1,797,450 2,567,907 2,290,414
N 10,035 28,110 62,367
% of black in sample 11.74 12.07 6.56

Note: There are very few black patients in non-south, non-metro areas, and the estimation did not converge.