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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2015 May;26(2 0):63–82. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0068

Table 4.

ADJUSTED RATIO ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF A HOSPITALIZATION BY RACE/ETHNICITY COMPARED WITH WHITES FOR EACH PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATION TYPEa

Chinese Filipino Hawaiian Japanese Other Asian Other PI Other Samoan
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Ratio Estimate
[95% CI]
Diabetes
 Uncontrolled diabetes 0.93 [0.55, 1.55] 0.84 [0.62, 1.13] 0.94 [0.72, 1.23] 1.16 [0.88, 1.53] 0.83 [0.53, 1.29] 0.68 [0.46, 1.01] 0.71 [0.53, 0.95]* 0.96 [0.43, 2.14]
 Short-term complications 1.02 [0.81, 1.29] 1.06 [0.92, 1.21] 0.97 [0.86, 1.10] 1.06 [0.93, 1.21] 0.97 [0.78, 1.22] 0.76 [0.63, 0.92]** 0.87 [0.75, 1.00] 0.53 [0.37, 0.75]***
 Long-term complications 0.93 [0.82, 1.07] 0.87 [0.78, 0.96]** 1.09 [0.99, 1.18] 0.88 [0.81, 0.96]** 1.02 [0.86, 1.20] 0.98 [0.86, 1.12] 1.03 [0.92, 1.15] 1.03 [0.82, 1.28]
 Lower-extremity amputations 0.98 [0.66, 1.46] 1.11 [0.90, 1.38] 1.23 [1.05, 1.44]* 1.43 [1.19, 1.72]*** 1.03 [0.75, 1.40] 1.30 [1.05, 1.61]* 1.24 [0.99, 1.56] 1.16 [0.84, 1.61]
Heart Conditions
 Hypertension 1.03 [0.83, 1.28] 0.99 [0.87, 1.13] 1.07 [0.94, 1.22] 0.98 [0.86, 1.11] 0.98 [0.75, 1.26] 0.88 [0.71, 1.09] 0.90 [0.76, 1.06] 1.13 [0.85, 1.50]
 Angina w/o procedure 1.02 [0.79, 1.34] 1.16 [1.02, 1.32]* 1.14 [1.01, 1.29]* 1.05 [0.92, 1.19] 1.15 [0.83, 1.59] 1.16 [0.89, 1.53] 1.17 [0.99, 1.38] 1.00 [0.61, 1.62]
 Congestive heart failure 0.99 [0.91, 1.08] 0.94 [0.90, 0.99]* 0.98 [0.94, 1.02] 0.92 [0.88, 0.97]** 0.82 [0.75, 0.90]*** 0.77 [0.70, 0.84]*** 0.92 [0.87, 0.98]** 1.01 [0.90, 1.14]

Notes:

*

p= <.05

**

p= <.01

***

p= <.001

a

Model controlling for insurance, age group, gender, preventable hospitalization (PH) type, comorbidity, substance use, hospital, island, and interactions for race/ethnicity with age group and with PH type.