Table 4.
Variable | (A) | (B) | (C) | (D) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Days in hospital | ||||
F-stat. | 0.026 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Re-hospitalization rate (same MDC) | ||||
F-stat. | 0.059 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.002 |
Re-hospitalization rate (same Hosp., same MDC) | ||||
F-stat. | 0.068 | 0.003 | 0.013 | 0.012 |
Mortality rate | ||||
F-stat. | 0.095 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.003 |
MDC x Year interaction | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hosp. and MDC Interactions with: | ||||
Discharges | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Age | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Male | No | No | No | Yes |
Source: Our calculations using data provided by the Lombardy Health Care Department. Note: The table shows the test of parallel trends, for different outcome variables, respectively the log of the number of days of hospitalization (outcome days in hospital), the log of the rate at which a discharged patient happens to be re-hospitalized in the same MDC and in both the same hospital and MDC within 30 days (outcome re-hospitalization rates), the log of the mortality rate within 30 days after discharge (outcome mortality rate). The test is run for the period 2004–2010, fitting a fourth-order polynomial of a time trend