Table 2 Descriptive Characteristics
From: The impact of payer status on hospital admissions: evidence from an academic medical center
| Variables | Admissions1 | P-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | =0 | ||
| Sex | 0.000 | ||
| Female | 48.1 | 51.9 | - |
| Race | 0.000 | ||
| Asian | 2.77 | 5.25 | - |
| Hispanic | 19.1 | 19.1 | - |
| Other Race | 5.08 | 7.69 | - |
| Unknown Race | 0.7 | 7.11 | - |
| White | 37.4 | 33.1 | - |
| Marital | 0.000 | ||
| Divorced | 5.75 | 2.72 | - |
| Other Marital | 1.92 | 5.05 | - |
| Seperated | 2.53 | 1.36 | - |
| Single | 56.1 | 65.9 | - |
| Unknown Marital | 0.02 | 0.13 | - |
| Widow | 5.47 | 1.58 | - |
| PrscNum | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.000 |
| Chronic | 19.7 | 80.3 | 0.000 |
| Combinations | 6.65 | 2.18 | 0.000 |
| Diagnosis | 0.000 | ||
| Blood | 0.96 | 0.36 | - |
| Circulatory | 13.3 | 4.12 | - |
| Congential Anomalies | 0.21 | 0.32 | - |
| Digestive | 9.7 | 6.97 | - |
| Endocrine | 2.33 | 3.04 | - |
| Genitourinary | 4.72 | 5.45 | - |
| Illdefined | 4.38 | 12.2 | - |
| Infections | 4.02 | 2.94 | - |
| Injury & Poison | 13.1 | 8.92 | - |
| Mental | 1.64 | 6.56 | - |
| Metabolic & Immune | 1.35 | 1.38 | - |
| Musculoskeletal | 5.81 | 10.77 | - |
| Neoplasms | 6.37 | 2.94 | - |
| Nutrition | 2.68 | 7.73 | - |
| Pregnancy | 16.0 | 1.44 | - |
| Respiratory | 6.18 | 3.42 | - |
| Secondary | 1.33 | 0.50 | - |
| Skin | 2.75 | 4.64 | - |
| Supplementary 1 | 1.9 | 13.0 | - |
| Unknown Diagnosis | 0.08 | 3.13 | - |
| Payer | 0.000 | ||
| Multiple payers | 8.24 | 5.08 | - |
| Government | 65.7 | 50.8 | - |
| Private | 23.1 | 35.0 | - |
| Other Payers | 1.51 | 3.70 | - |
| Uninsured | 1.44 | 5.44 | - |
| ER Visits | 0.000 | ||
| =0 ER visit record | 86.2 | 73.9 | - |
| =1 ER visit record | 8.22 | 19.6 | - |
| >1 ER visit records | 5.61 | 6.48 | - |
| Prior Admissions | 0.000 | ||
| =0 prior admissions | 66.6 | 99.3 | - |
| =1 prior admissions | 16.6 | 0.53 | - |
| >1 prior admissions | 16.7 | 0.15 | - |