Table 8.

Travel Distance for ED and Non-ED Transfer Patients across Conditions

Condition Source of admission	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
	AMI		Heart Failure		Pneumonia		Hip/Knee
	ED	Transfer	ED	Transfer	ED	Transfer	ED	Transfer
Share of patients in 2008	0.76	0.16	0.75	0.03	0.77	0.01	0.02	0.00
Median miles traveled	5.43	33.77	5.06	30.15	5.12	25.20	5.88	29.18
Mean miles traveled	40.89	66.45	34.27	61.38	37.65	52.21	44.24	61.01
Share treated at nearest hospital	0.52	0.03	0.53	0.07	0.54	0.12	0.50	0.14

This analysis considers 2008 patients who were treated at hospitals in the baseline allocation sample (i.e. hospitals with at least 1 patient in 2008). ED patients were admitted through the hospital's emergency department (see footnote 29). Non-ED transfer patients were admitted directly after a stay at another hospital (see footnote 30). Distances are from the ZIP code centroid of the patient to the ZIP code of the hospital.