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Table 10 Robustness checks

From: Does overcrowding and health insurance type impact patient outcomes in emergency departments?

  IV Probit IV Probit
  (Days of the week controls) (Weekend controls)
Time before Dr. 0.018495 * 0.017525 **
  0.009713 0.008907
Private Ins. -0.013979 *** -0.013934 ***
  0.002044 0.002009
Medicare -0.007979 ** -0.008047 ***
  0.002534 0.002511
No Insurance 0.004313 * 0.004189 *
  0.002669 0.002642
Black 0.008335 * 0.008473 *
  0.004844 0.004835
Hispanic -0.004701 -0.004604
  0.003760 0.003725
White 0.001012 0.001081
  0.003886 0.003866
Male 0.010637 *** 0.010476 ***
  0.002203 0.002124
Primary Dr. -0.003377 * -0.003541 *
  0.001887 0.001870
Age -0.000011 -0.000013
  0.000059 0.000057
High Acuity 0.080573 *** 0.079769 ***
  0.025137 0.024866
Monday 0.002701  
  0.004060  
Tuesday -0.001105  
  0.003871  
Wednesday 0.001881  
  0.003504  
Thursday 0.006232 *  
  0.003264  
Friday 0.007148 **  
  0.003305  
Saturday 0.002150  
  0.003246  
Weekend   -0.0024655
   0.0024646
Wald χ 2 228 221
  1. *, ** and *** indicate a 1%, 5% and 10% significance level. Standard errors are robust. The complete sample for reported regressions has 31,359 patients.
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