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Table 6 Adjusted odds of operative mortality following lung transplantation at volume non-compliant hospitals.

From: Payer leverage and hospital compliance with a benchmark: a population-based observational study

COvariate

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Volume non-compliant

1.43

0.83 – 2.46

Female

0.95

0.75 – 1.20

Black

1.45

0.72 – 2.89

Insurance type

  

   Medicare

1 (ref.)

--

   Medicaid

0.83

0.59 – 1.16

   Private

0.78

0.47 – 1.29

Operative year

  

   1993

1 (ref.)

--

   1994

0.81

0.38 – 1.71

   1995

0.65

0.27 – 1.55

   1996

1.26

0.60 – 2.61

   1997

1.03

0.46 – 2.28

   1998

0.49

0.15 – 1.58

   1999

1.03

0.46 – 2.32

   2000

0.95

0.29 – 3.17

   2001

0.56

0.23 – 1.33

   2002

1.04

0.42 – 2.60

   2003

0.67

0.28 – 1.58

Count of Elixhauser codes

0.98

0.86 – 1.12

Hospital census region

  

   Northeast

1 (ref.)

--

   North-central

0.67

0.39 – 1.16

   South

0.87

0.50 – 1.53

   West

0.83

0.47 – 1.47

Hospital bedsize

  

   Small

1 (ref.)

--

   Medium

0.55

0.15 – 2.01

   Large

0.42

0.13 – 1.38

For-profit

1.17e-12

1.73e-13 – 7.93e-12

Private

0.86

0.47 – 1.55

Teaching

0.73

0.35 – 1.52