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Table 4 Logistic Estimation Results with Competition

From: What drives different treatment choices? Investigation of hospital ownership, system membership and competition

 

Va

VIb

VIIb

VIIIc

Not-for-profit

−0.249 (0.171)

−0.362*** (0.101)

−0.339*** (0.093)

−0.248** (0.104)

Government

−0.226 (0.183)

−0.392*** (0.143)

−0.366*** (0.137)

−0.314** (0.145)

Uninsured

−0.310 (0.366)

−0.823*** (0.087)

−0.828*** (0.082)

−0.702*** (0.162)

Not-for-profit*Uninsured

0.120 (0.368)

0.742*** (0.098)

0.750*** (0.094)

0.616*** (0.166)

Government*Uninsured

0.274 (0.371)

0.740*** (0.126)

0.746*** (0.122)

0.664*** (0.174)

System

−0.248 (0.179)

−0.342*** (0.120)

−0.309*** (0.113)

−0.156 (0.127)

System*Uninsured

0.133 (0.368)

0.748*** (0.118)

0.752*** (0.115)

0.611*** (0.174)

System*Not-for-profit

0.245 (0.183)

0.213 (0.131)

0.187 (0.126)

0.098 (0.138)

System*Government

0.078 (0.231)

0.559*** (0.175)

0.533*** (0.170)

−0.116 (0.183)

System*Not-for-profit*Uninsured

−0.096 (0.371)

−0.726*** (0.135)

−0.734*** (0.133)

−0.612*** (0.183)

System*Government*Uninsured

0.189 (0.419)

−0.648*** (0.154)

−0.653*** (0.151)

−0.406* (0.220)

High for-profit competition

0.259*** (0.051)

−0.315* (0.165)

−0.265* (0.157)

−0.294* (0.169)

Medium for-profit competition

0.184*** (0.032)

   

High not-for-profit competition

0.043 (0.064)

   

Medium not-for-profit competition

0.017 (0.046)

   

High government competition

0.021 (0.057)

   

Medium government competition

0.056 (0.039)

   

High total competition

−0.257 (0.185)

0.059 (0.043)

  

Medium total competition

 

0.061* (0.037)

  

High competition* Not-for-profit

0.372** (0.190)

0.432*** (0.165)

0.392** (0.159)

0.502*** (0.174)

High competition* Government

0.188 (0.245)

0.463** (0.215)

0.421** (0.210)

0.616*** (0.233)

High competition* Uninsured

0.134 (0.401)

0.584*** (0.172)

0.593*** (0.170)

0.615*** (0.196)

High competition* Not-for-profit*Uninsured

−0.068 (0.407)

−0.532*** (0.194)

−0.542*** (0.193)

−0.595*** (0.222)

High competition* Government*Uninsured

−0.222 (0.420)

−0.647*** (0.200)

−0.654*** (0.197)

−0.752*** (0.222)

System*High competition

0.203 (0.197)

0.368** (0.171)

0.330** (0.167)

0.266 (0.178)

System*High competition* Not-for-profit

−0.362* (0.207)

−0.203 (0.187)

−0.162 (0.182)

−0.350* (0.199)

System*High competition* Government

0.466 (0.303)

−0.285 (0.284)

−0.241 (0.280)

0.187 (0.288)

System*High competition* Uninsured

−0.207 (0.410)

−0.680*** (0.190)

−0.689*** (0.189)

−0.713*** (0.208)

System*High competition* Not-for-profit*Uninsured

0.218 (0.418)

0.550** (0.219)

0.560** (0.220)

0.655*** (0.242)

System*High competition* Government*Uninsured

−0.073 (0.473)

0.652*** (0.228)

0.658*** (0.227)

0.626** (0.266)

Number of observations

51,752,777

52,103,007

52,103,007

51,837,255

  1. aTotal competition measured at hospital-ccs level
  2. bFor-profit competition measured at hospital-ccs level
  3. cFor-profit competition measured at the hospital level
  4. Notes. Year and state fixed effects, age category indicators, weighted Charlson indices, female and race indicators, bed size categories, number of nurses per bed, teaching and metropolitan indicators and target ccs DRG interaction indicators are included as controls in the regressions. Heteroscedasticity robust standard errors clustered at the hospital level are reported in parentheses. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1