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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Mar 1;14(3):e007195. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.007195

Table 3.

Changes in health outcomes between counties that changed regionalization status and counties that did not during the same period

Secondary Outcomes (Health)
7-day
mortality
30-day
mortality
90-day
mortality
1-year
mortality
30-day
readmission
Number of patients 117896 117896 117896 117896 139257
Sample mean at baseline (%) 9.1% 13.6% 16.6% 21.4% 27.4%
Unadjusted for site of care PCI capacity
Percentage point change on and after county is regionalized −0.53 −0.46 −0.38 −0.32 −1.75
 95% CI [−1.00,−0.06] [−1.12,0.20] [−1.05,0.28] [−0.87,0.23] [−3.39,−0.11]
 Unadjusted p-value 0.027 0.170 0.250 0.250 0.037
 Adjusted p-value for multiple comparison 0.045 0.212 0.250 0.250 0.053
Adjusted for site of care PCI capacity
Percentage point change on and after county is regionalized −0.37 −0.24 −0.15 −0.03 −0.70
 95% CI [−0.90,0.16] [−0.98,0.49] [−0.87,0.58] [−0.58,0.51] [−2.01,0.62]
 Unadjusted p-value 0.167 0.508 0.684 0.908 0.292
 Adjusted p-value for multiple comparison 0.835 0.908 0.908 0.908 0.908

Abbreviations: CI – confidence interval; PCI – percutaneous coronary intervention

Full regression controls for patient demographics, insurance category, comorbid conditions, county fixed effects, and year dummies are presented in Supplemental Table I.