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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2018 Aug;56(8):665–672. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000938

Figure 1. Adjusted mortality rates by age.

Figure 1

Mortality rate = # deaths / 100 hospitalizations

Notes:

1) Adjusted rates of mortality were estimated using a linear probability model of mortality with the following covariates besides race/ethnicity: age, sex, Elixhauser comorbidity indicators, and area level indicators of income, uninsurance rate, provider availability, rural/urban location and hospital fixed effects.