Characteristics of study sample for uncomplicated caesarean sections (diagnosis-related group 766)
| N | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient-level characteristics (n=32 660) | |||
| Age categories | |||
| 18–34 | 22 694 | 69.49 | |
| 35–64 | 9966 | 30.51 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Female | 32 660 | 100.00 | |
| Private insurance type | |||
| Managed Care-Knox Keene | 14 696 | 45.00 | |
| Managed care-other | 15 237 | 46.65 | |
| Traditional coverage | 2727 | 8.35 | |
| Charlson comorbidity index | |||
| 0 | 31 756 | 97.23 | |
| 1 | 894 | 2.74 | |
| 2 | 10 | 0.03 | |
| Length of stay | |||
| Less than 3 days | 7172 | 21.96 | |
| 3–6 days | 25 325 | 77.54 | |
| Greater than 6 days | 163 | 0.50 | |
| Hospital-level characteristics (n=195) | |||
| Ownership | |||
| Government | 30 | 15.38 | |
| NFP | 127 | 64.14 | |
| FP | 38 | 19.49 | |
| Location | |||
| Urban | 171 | 87.69 | |
| Rural | 24 | 12.31 | |
| Teaching status | |||
| Yes | 18 | 9.23 | |
| No | 177 | 90.77 | |
| N | Mean | SD | |
| Casemix (severity) | |||
| Low | 65 | 1.28 | 0.12 |
| Medium | 65 | 1.55 | 0.05 |
| High | 65 | 1.78 | 0.13 |
| Capacity | |||
| Licensed beds | 195 | 279.67 | 180.80 |
| Payer mix | |||
| % Medicare | 195 | 37.94 | 12.06 |
| % Medicaid | 195 | 27.96 | 15.64 |
| Market-level characteristics | |||
| Wage index | |||
| Low | 119 | 1.19 | 0.00 |
| Medium | 12 | 1.22 | 0.01 |
| High | 64 | 1.48 | 0.14 |
| Herfindahl-Hirschman Index | |||
| Low | 72 | 1283 | 713 |
| Medium | 59 | 3440 | 591 |
| High | 64 | 6809 | 2115 |
| % Without insurance | 195 | 18.30 | 3.66 |
| % Below poverty line | 195 | 13.77 | 4.43 |