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Table 6. NIS and NHDS Comparisons by Patient Characteristics, 1995

Patient Characteristics Number of Discharges in Thousands
(Standard Error)		 Average Length of Stay in Days
(Standard Error)		 In-Hospital Mortality
Rate: Percent
(Standard Error)
NIS NHDS NIS NHDS NIS NHDS
Primary Payer
Medicare 12,500
(188)		 11,547
(698)		 7.15
(.09)		 6.91
(.50)		 5.10
(.04)		 4.81
(.28)
Medicaid 6,452
(205)		 5,588
(1186)		 4.80
(.12)		 4.53
(1.02)		 1.09
(.04)		 .98
(.11)
Private Insurance 12,618
(265)		 11,486
(574)		 3.86
(.03)		 3.80
(.31)		 1.13
(.02)		 1.14
(.08)
Self-pay 1,799*
(109)		 1,281
(193)		 4.44
(.14)		 4.38
(.93)		 1.62
(.04)		 1.50
(.22)
No charge 50**
(9)		 809
(122)		 5.00
(.48)		 4.57
(.98)		 1.32
(.19)		 1.88
(.30)
Other 1,180**
(63)		 2,786
(418)		 4.70
(.11)		 4.12
(.87)		 1.46**
(.08)		 1.07
(.12)
Missing 194*
(38)		 604
(172)		 5.30
(.94)		 4.73
(1.67)		 1.05
(.15)		 1.44
(.20)
Age Group
Under 15 years 5,853
(162)		 5,995
(801)		 3.49
(.08)		 3.42
(1.05)		 .41**
(.02)		 .49
(.02)
15 - 44 years 10,439
(185)		 10,513
(1,028)		 3.88
(.06)		 3.81
(.70)		 .61**
(.02)		 .52
(.02)
45 - 64 years 5,915
(88)		 6,108
(695)		 5.67
(.05)		 5.52
(1.14)		 2.27
(.03)		 2.28
(.04)
65 years and over 12,584
(188)		 11,484
(1,231)		 7.09
(.09)		 6.80
(1.18)		 5.38**
(.04)		 5.15
(.03)
Gender
Male 14,441
(185)		 13,970
(936)		 5.68
(.08)		 5.42
(.53)		 3.13*
(.03)		 2.94
(.07)
Female 20,345
(292)		 20,131
(640)		 5.00
(.04)		 4.80
(.26)		 2.20*
(.03)		 2.01
(.07)
Race
White 20,549
(489)		 21,848
(1,066)		 5.44
(.06)		 5.11
(.40)		 2.86**
(.03)		 2.56
(.10)
Black 4,169
(186)		 4,313
(327)		 5.98
(.12)		 5.58
(.68)		 2.36
(.04)		 2.23
(.12)
Other 3,426**
(234)		 1,328
(227)		 4.43
(.13)		 4.78
(1.34)		 1.64*
(.09)		 2.16
(.21)
Missing 6,648
(404)		 6,612
(855)		 4.80
(.07)		 4.58
(.92)		 2.35**
(.05)		 1.99
(.11)

* Difference is significant at the 0.05 level.
** Difference is significant at the 0.01 level.

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