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. 2018 Apr 1;2(1):45–54. doi: 10.1089/heq.2017.0055

Table 2.

Marginal Effects on Assignment to Observation Care

Variables	Percentage point change	Percentage point change
Black	0.53^a (0.093)	3.91^a (0.152)
Other race	−0.78^a (0.133)	2.12^a (0.187)
Rural residence	0.043 (0.060)	−5.43^a (0.245)
Age (in years)	0.017^a (0.003)	−0.006 (0.006)
Female	6.22^a (0.054)	5.32^a (0.069)
Quan score	−4.03^a (0.018)	−3.76^a (0.051)
Weekend	2.50^a (0.062)	1.87^a (0.091)
Spring	−1.27^a (0.070)	−1.33^a (0.100)
Fall	0.206^a (0.078)	0.221^b (0.104)
Winter	−1.43^a (0.074)	−1.52^a (0.114)
2008	42.8^a (0.197)	37.3^a (0.770)
2009	46.2^a (0.197)	40.4^a (0.751)
2010	48.3^a (0.198)	42.6^a (0.736)
Constant	0.596 (0.322)	9.57^a (0.854)
Observations	3,555,994	3,555,994
R-squared	0.021	0.022
Hospital FE	No	Yes (n=4744)

Source: Authors' analysis of Medicare claims data, 2007–2010.

^{^a}

p<0.01.

^{^b}

p<0.05.

FE, fixed effects.