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§