Table 4: Utilization by Insurance Type After Policy Change vs. Before Policy Change.
†: Reference Insurance Type = Commercial
‡: Interaction = Insurance Type*Time, listed by interaction coefficient (standard deviation). Negativeinteractions represent a decrease in the outcome variable after the policy change and positive interactions represent an increase in the outcome variable after the policy change relative to the reference group.
§: Significant at level < 0.10
Outcome Variable | Insurance Type† | Interaction‡ | p value |
Log(Emergency Department visits) | Commercial | n/a | n/a |
| Indigent | 0.4973 (0.14) | 0.0005§ |
Medicaid | 0.3243 (0.21) | 0.1247 |
Medicare | 0.5698 (0.14) | <.0001§ |
Self Pay | 0.3331 (0.21) | 0.1090 |
Log(Hospital Admissions) | Commercial | n/a | n/a |
| Indigent | 0.8161 (0.34) | 0.0149§ |
Medicaid | 0.2199 (0.43) | 0.6063 |
Medicare | 0.6197 (0.32) | 0.0539§ |
Self Pay | 0.6061 (0.49) | 0.2159 |
Log(Hospital Stay Days) | Commercial | n/a | n/a |
| Indigent | 0.7055 (0.43) | 0.0970§ |
Medicaid | 0.2413 (0.50) | 0.6290 |
Medicare | 0.5090 (0.39) | 0.1954 |
Self Pay | 0.6541 (0.68) | 0.3348 |
Log(Primary Care Visits) | Commercial | n/a | n/a |
| Indigent | 0.0875 (0.05) | 0.0715§ |
Medicaid | -0.2797 (0.12) | 0.0160§ |
Medicare | -0.1501 (0.05) | 0.0015§ |
Self Pay | -0.2979 (0.10) | 0.0039§ |