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Table 2. Cross-sectional Comparison of Means of PSIs between Rural PPS and CAHs, 1997 to 2004

| Year |
Hospital categories |
Number of Hospitals |
PSI-5 |
PSI-6 |
PSI-7 |
PSI-15 |
Composite score of 4 PSIs |
| 1997 |
Rural PPS |
89 |
0.04 |
0.47 |
0.83 |
2.44 |
1.93 |
| 1998 |
Rural PPS |
89 |
0.05 |
0.27 |
0.36 |
2.72 |
2.04 |
| 1999 |
Rural PPS |
88 |
0.02 |
0.3 |
0.69 |
2.99 |
2.29 |
| Critical access hospital (CAH) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2000 |
Rural PPS |
78 |
0.06 |
0.36 |
0.6 |
3.09 |
2.35* |
| CAH |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0.41 |
2.12 |
1.58* |
| 2001 |
Rural PPS |
57 |
0.07 |
0.21** |
0.69 |
2.65 |
2.03 |
| CAH |
32 |
0 |
0.07** |
1.17 |
2.24 |
1.8 |
| 2002 |
Rural PPS |
45 |
0.04 |
0.23 |
0.64** |
2.00** |
1.56** |
| CAH |
44 |
0.21 |
0.34 |
0.14** |
1.89** |
1.41** |
| 2003 |
Rural PPS |
34 |
0.01 |
0.46** |
0.88** |
2.38** |
1.89** |
| CAH |
55 |
0.06 |
0.26** |
0.41** |
1.89** |
1.45** |
| 2004 |
Rural PPS |
23 |
0.12* |
0.29** |
0.54** |
2.68** |
2.04** |
| CAH |
66 |
0.06* |
0.14** |
0.17** |
1.46** |
1.09** |
* Significant difference in PSIs between rural PPS and CAH at p ≤ 0.10 (Wilcoxon rank sumtest)
** Significant difference in PSIs between rural PPS and CAH at p ≤ 0.05 (Wilcoxon rank sumtest)
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