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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Jan;34(1):125–133. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0880

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


Before ACA-DCP After ACA-DCP Before ACA-DCP After ACA-DCP
Clinical outcomes among young adult trauma patients

 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.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001