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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Nov 16;59(5):358–365. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.09.018

Table 2.

Hazard of ED closure

Unadjusted Hazard Ratio 95% CI Adjusted Hazard Ratio 95% CI
Patient demographics
Percent Race/ethnicity
        White (10%) 0.74 [0.69, 0.80] Ref --
        Blacks (10%) 1.58 [1.33, 1.89] 1.41 [1.16, 1.72]
        Hispanics (10%) 1.06 [0.98, 1.16] 0.92 [0.81, 1.05]
        All other (10%) 1.10 [1.00, 1.20] 1.00 [0.89, 1.11]
Percent Insurance (%)
        Private (10%) 1.10 [0.87, 1.39] Ref --
        Medicare (10%) 0.90 [0.82, 0.99] 1.00 [0.88, 1.14]
        Medi-Cal (10%) 1.18 [1.09, 1.28] 1.17 [1.02, 1.34]
        Uninsured (10%) 1.10 [0.87, 1.39] 0.95 [0.69, 1.31]
        Other (10%) 1.70 [1.36, 2.12] 1.70 [1.19, 2.42]
Hospital and ED structura features
Total ED visits (per 1000, log-transformed) 0.87 [0.76, 1.01] 0.89 [0.77, 1.02]
Hospital discharges (per 1000, log-transformed) 0.84 [0.74, 0.97] 0.58 [0.46, 0.72]
Trauma center 1.31 [0.76, 2.29] 1.22 [0.64, 2.33]
Teaching Hospital 1.29 [0.65, 2.56] 0.59 [0.24, 1.43]
Ownership
        For-Profit 2.14 [1.53, 3.00] 1.65 [1.13, 2.41]
        County 2.79 [1.61, 4.84] 0.90 [0.38, 2.15]
Operating Margin 0.43 [0.33, 0.58] 0.43 [0.30, 0.63]
Urbanicity (metro) 1.83 [1.05, 3.22] 1.44 [0.79, 2.63]