Table 3.

Results from three-level hierarchal generalized logistic model (HGLM) analysis predicting odds of leukodystrophy (n=1,070,062 children)

		Odds
	Coeff.	Ratio	SE	t-ratio	p-value
Hospital Level
Intercept	−7.761	0.0004	0.076	−101.76	<0.001
Center of Excellence	0.550	1.734	0.064	8.539	<0.001
Hospital months	0.011	1.011	0.009	1.312	0.196
Zip Code Level
Median household income	0.0002	1.0000	0.0002	1.107	0.268
HPSA flag	−0.149	0.862	0.058	−2.547	0.011
Distance to hospital	0.0007	1.0007	0.0001	5.247	<0.001
Proportion non-White	−0.539	0.583	0.174	−3.102	0.002
Urban/Rural Context
Urban core	REF		REF	REF	REF
Large rural	0.169	1.184	0.066	2.552	0.011
Small rural	0.280	1.323	0.077	3.617	<0.001
Isolated	0.470	1.600	0.113	4.171	<0.001
Other urban	−0.028	0.973	0.060	−0.457	0.648
Patient Level
Age at first admit in study period	0.020	1.020	0.003	6.121	<0.001
Male (versus female)	0.299	1.348	0.048	6.192	<0.001
Inpatient days (per time in PHIS)	0.385	1.470	0.113	3.395	<0.001
Number of admits (per time in PHIS)	1.435	4.200	0.133	10.784	<0.001
Patient Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	REF		REF	REF	REF
Hispanic	0.013	1.0133	0.061	0.216	0.829
Black, non-Hispanic	−0.415	0.660	0.064	−6.530	<0.001
Asian, non-Hispanic	−0.349	0.706	0.160	−2.172	0.030
Other race, Non-Hispanic	0.172	1.188	0.063	2.722	0.006
Patient Payer Status
Private payer	REF		REF	REF	REF
Government payer	0.374	1.554	0.046	9.559	<0.001
Other payer	0.374	1.1454	0.117	3.198	0.001