Table 3.

Hospital readmission rate and its determinants

Models	All readmission		Same MDC readmission
Variables	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
LOS ($\times$ hospital unit)	− 0.007***	(0.00123)	− 0.0007	(0.0005)
LOS $\times$ hospital trust	0.00493*	(0.00257)	0.000694	(0.00106)
LOS $\times$ teaching hospital	0.00916**	(0.00425)	0.000570	(0.00175)
LOS $\times$ research hospital	0.00380	(0.00291)	− 0.000442	(0.00120)
LOS $\times$ private clinic	− 0.00262*	(0.00148)	− 0.00163***	(0.000609)
LOS $\times$ others	0.000195	(0.00257)	0.000556	(0.00106)
PTCA stent (%)	− 0.168***	(0.0122)	− 0.0174***	(0.00499)
CABG (%)	− 0.148***	(0.0484)	− 0.0273	(0.0200)
Catheter (%)	− 0.00478	(0.0219)	− 0.000973	(0.00892)
Hospital type (reference hospital unit)
Hospital trust	− 0.0440*	(0.0257)	− 0.00220	(0.0129)
Teaching hospital	− 0.0776*	(0.0442)	− 0.000545	(0.0182)
Research hospital	− 0.0326	(0.0289)	0.0117	(0.0120)
Private clinic	0.0504***	(0.0132)	0.0267***	(0.00540)
Others	0.0103	(0.0252)	− 0.00393	(0.0104)
AMI volume	− 6.33e−05*	(3.61e−05)	− 3.75e−06	(1.48e−05)
Capacity	− 5.70e−08	(1.29e−05)	− 2.00e−06	(5.35e−06)
AMI mortality
Low	− 0.00909	(0.0145)	− 0.00183	(0.00595)
Medium	− 0.00456	(0.0123)	− 0.000356	(0.00506)
Average income (thousand)	− 0.0006	(0.002)	0.0002	(0.0004)
Constant	0.464***	(0.0771)	− 0.000738	(0.0281)

Number of hospitals 883. Number of LHAs 154. Number of regions 21. Coefficients for average patient characteristics and year fixed-effects can be found in Appendix Table 6

***Significant at 1%; **significant at 5%; *significant at 10%