Exhibit 5. Changes in Clinical Outcomes for Young Adult Trauma Patients Ages 19-25 vs 26-34, before and after the ACA-DCP.
Ages 19-25 | Ages 26-34 | Unadjusted difference in change between age groups | Risk adjusted difference in change between age groups (95% CI)1 | p value for between-group difference | |||
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Before ACA-DCP | After ACA-DCP | Before ACA-DCP | After ACA-DCP | ||||
Clinical outcomes among young adult trauma patients | |||||||
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Mortality (per 100K)2 | 2876 | 2626 | 2660 | 2426 | -15 | 44 (-94, 183) | 0.53 |
ICU stay (days)3 | 5.11 | 5.01 | 5.34 | 5.24 | -0.01 | 0.01 (-0.15, 0.12) | 0.85 |
Discharge to rehabilitation facility (%)4 | 10.1% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 10.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% (-0.3, 0.3) | 0.89 |
SOURCE: National Trauma Data Bank, 2007-2009 & 2011-2012. NOTE: ACA, Affordable Care Act; DCP, dependent coverage provision; CI, confidence interval; ICU, intensive care unit. 1. Risk adjusted models for clinical outcomes adjusted for age, year, facility, gender, race, injury severity, injury mechanism, traumatic brain injury, level-1 trauma center status, teaching status, for-profit status, and safety-net hospital status; 2. n= Entire sample, excluding dead on arrival: 832,876; 3. n= Patients with any ICU stay: 204,981; 4. n= Patients surviving to discharge: 618,063.
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