Table 4.
Relationship between Medical Liability Immunity and Various Alternative Treatment Intensity Metrics among Full Inpatient Sample
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
---|---|---|---|
Total Bed Days (Logged) | Incidence of Any Procedure | Number of Procedures (Logged) | |
Active Duty Patient | 0.072 (0.010) |
0.011 (0.004) |
0.034 (0.012) |
Active Duty Patient X MTF |
−0.053 (0.018) |
−0.028 (0.009) |
−0.052 (0.019) |
N | 2408947 | 2418240 | 1888351 |
Interaction Coefficient as a Fraction of Mean of Outcome Variable, For Non-Logged Outcome Variables | - | −0.04 | - |
Notes: robust standard errors corrected for within-catchment-area correlation in the error term are reported in parentheses (based on original catchment area designations). All regressions include year, primary diagnosis code, hospital and zip-code fixed effects and controls for patient age (dummies), sex, Charlson comorbidity and paygrade (dummies). MTF and Active-Duty-Patient X MTF are instrumented by a series of dummy variables capturing different distance bins between a patient’s residence and the closest MTF along with the interaction between such dummies and the active-duty-patient dummy. The coefficient of the MTF indicator is dropped due to the inclusion of provider fixed effects.