Appendix Table 3.

TEDS sample characteristics by sample

Sample:	Admissions sample	Insurance sample	Payment sample
Age	38.03	37.89	37.74
Female	0.507	0.506	0.504
Male	0.493	0.494	0.496
Hispanic	0.393	0.394	0.395
White	0.194	0.192	0.190
African American	0.451	0.452	0.453
Other race	0.111	0.097	0.097
Foreign born	0.698	0.707	0.718
Less high school	0.107	0.105	0.091
High school	0.083	0.0911	0.094
Some college	0.103	0.098	0.092
College degree	0.311	0.308	0.309
Married	0.292	0.291	0.290
Divorced/separated/widowed	0.192	0.191	0.194
Never married	0.205	0.210	0.206
Urban	0.642	0.637	0.581
Rural	0.358	0.363	0.419
Disabled	0.133	0.131	0.131
Family income ($)	78037	79557	77921
Unemployment rate	6.999	6.759	6.600
Poverty rate	13.93	13.36	13.45
Maximum monthly SNAP benefit for a family of 4 ($)	694.9	702.5	704.9
Maximum monthly TANF benefit for a family of 4 ($)	533.2	536.5	542.2
Democratic governor	0.428	0.450	0.386
Prescription drug monitoring program	0.866	0.811	0.821
Population	3877968	3025529	2697994
N	299	169	145

Notes: Data are aggregated to the state-year level. Insurance state sample includes the following states: AK, AL, AR, CO, DC, DE, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, and UT. Payment source state sample includes the following states: AK, AR, CO, DC, HI, IA, ID, KS, KY, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, and VT.