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Table 2 Average CBSA population and market characteristics, 2005 and 2010

From: Association between the unemployment rate and inpatient cost per discharge by payer in the United States, 2005–2010

 

All payers

 

2005

2010

Population characteristics

Unemployment rate

Age16+ unemployed (%)

7.2

10.9

Education

  

Age 25+ with Bachelors or more education (%)

23.5

23.9

Income

  

Families with income below poverty (%)

10.7

11.8

Household income (mean)

55,755

59,666

Gini index

0.44

0.44

Population size

  

Total population (n)

558,109

563,555

Population density (population per sq mile) (n)

242.9

244.9

Race/ethnicity

  

White (%)

76.3

75.1

Black (%)

8.7

9.0

Hispanic (%)

9.8

10.5

Medicaid expenditures per beneficiary

4848.1

5521.3

Market characteristics

Herfindahl-Hirshman Index (0–100)

88.8

88.8

Discharges from a different CBSA (%)

0.20

0.22

Number of acute care hospital beds per 1000 capita (n)

1.6

1.6

Number of long-term care beds per 1000 capita (n)

0.2

0.1

Number of rehabilitation beds per 1000 capita (n)

0.1

0.1

Number of primary care MDs per 100,000 capita (n)

186.6

183.2

Emergency department visits per capita (n)

0.4

0.5

Proportion of acute care beds in high-technology hospitals (%)

0.2

0.3

Hospital compare quality composite score

  

Heart attack (AMI) (composite score)

90.7

97.8

Heart failure (composite score)

73.2

94.4

Pneumonia (composite score)

79.5

94.9

CBSA, Core Based Statistical Area