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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics by Number of Transitions

From: Impact of discontinuity in health insurance on resource utilization

Variable

Transition = 0 Mean or %

Transition = 1 Mean or %

Transition = 1 p-value*

Transition > 1 Mean or %

Transition > 1 p-value**

Age

50.5

(19.852)

34.4

(13.232)

0.0000

38.9

(18.345)

0.0000

Male %

30.9

(.462)

30.1

(.459)

0.1463

29.7

(.457)

0.0731

Married %

28.7

(.452)

41.3

(.492)

0.0000

0.4

(.496)

0.0000

High School %

41.0

(.492)

51.5

(..5)

0.0000

60.0

(.49)

0.0000

Family Size

3.013

(2.025)

3.774

(1.883)

0.0000

3.388

(1.863)

0.0000

White %

63.4

(.482)

72.6

(.446)

0.0000

69.7

(.46)

0.0000

Employed %

17.4

(.379)

48.4

(.5)

0.0000

45.7

(.498)

0.0000

Healthy %

57.2

(.495)

77.9

(.417)

0.0000

77.0

(.421)

0.0000

Income

0.872

(.924)

1.077

(1.226)

0.0000

1.270

(1.44)

0.0000

Chronic count

0.232

(.553)

0.094

(.341)

0.0006

0.119

(.386)

0.0000

Unique Individuals

3322

1883

1042

  1. *T-Test: Transition = 0 vs. 1; **T-Test: Transition = 0 vs. > 1
  2. Standard deviations in parentheses. Note that dummy variables for each round were included in the models but are not reported for purposes of brevity.