Table 1.
Preperiod | Postperiod | D-I-D Estimate (SE) | |||
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Pilot | Comparison | Pilot | Comparison | ||
Primary care visits | 359.48 | 350.55 | 361.44 | 357.39 | − 0.0334 (0.037) |
Specialist visits | 150.98 | 149.73 | 175.72 | 172.36 | 0.0463 (0.032) |
ACS emergency department visits | 1.90 | 1.69 | 1.94 | 1.65 | 0.0007 (0.0006) |
Emergency department visits | 33.37 | 31.65 | 34.18 | 32.53 | 0.005 (0.0053) |
ACS inpatient admissions | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.0001 (0.0002) |
Inpatient admissions | 5.42 | 5.07 | 6.38 | 6.08 | 0.0011 (0.0012) |
Total costs | 173 016.87 | 166 374.24 | 202 556.17 | 182 325.45 | 80.42a (31.80) |
Abbreviation: ACS, ambulatory care sensitive; D-I-D, difference-in-difference; SE, standard errors.
P < . 05.