Table 3. Adjusted mortality rates by race/ethnicity.

Mortality rate = # deaths / 100 hospitalizations

Adjustment	Whites	Blacks	Hispanics	Asians
Inpatient mortality

Base model	5.29	4.28^*	5.00^*	5.34
After exclusion of DNR discharges	3.61	3.07^*	3.47	3.92^*
After exclusion of patients discharged live same/next day	5.95	4.75^*	5.58^*	5.89
After both exclusions	4.08	3.44^*	3.89	4.35^*

30-day mortality

Base model	10.10	7.88^*	8.82^*	8.52^*
After exclusion of DNR discharges	6.94	5.54^*	6.10^*	6.09^*
After exclusion of patients discharged live same/next day	10.88	8.41^*	9.50^*	9.17^*
After both exclusions	7.56	5.99^*	6.65^*	6.60^*

90-day mortality

Base model	15.40	13.10^*	13.43^*	13.12^*
After exclusion of DNR discharges	11.54	10.06^*	10.09^*	10.09^*
After exclusion of patients discharged live same/next day	16.48	13.89^*	14.38^*	14.06^*
After both exclusions	12.45	10.76^*	10.92^*	10.88^*

180-day mortality

Base model	19.09	16.92^*	16.64^*	16.27^*
After exclusion of DNR discharges	14.9	13.60^*	13.05^*	12.98^*
After exclusion of patients discharged live same/next day	20.33	17.87^*	17.71^*	17.35^*
After both exclusions	15.97	14.48^*	14.01^*	13.89^*

Notes:

1) Adjusted rates of mortality were estimated using a linear probability 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.

2) * denotes p<0.05 in difference compared to non-Hispanic whites