The relationship between insurance and health outcomes of diabetes mellitus patients in Maryland: a retrospective archival record study

Table 3 The Relationship between Insurance Type and LOS

	Base Model		Medicare Fee-for-Service		Medicare Managed Care		Private Fee-for-Service		Private Managed Care
	Beta	p-value	Beta	p-value	Beta	p-value	Beta	p-value	Beta	p-value
Block 1: Hospital Type
Hospital with > 400 beds	0.04	< 0.001	0.04	< 0.001	0.02	< 0.001	0.04	< 0.001	0.04	< 0.001
Teaching hospital	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	−0.02	< 0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Block 2: Patient Demographics, Behavioral, and Biological Factors
Age (years)	0.03	< 0.001	0.03	< 0.001	− 0.04	< 0.001	0.03	< 0.001	0.03	< 0.001
Male	−0.01	0.01	0.01	0.92	0.03	< 0.001	0.01	0.96	0.01	0.93
Married	−0.04	< 0.001	− 0.04	< 0.001	− 0.02	< 0.001	− 0.04	< 0.001	− 0.04	< 0.001
Smoking	0.03	< 0.001	0.03	< 0.001	− 0.01	0.30	0.03	< 0.001	0.03	< 0.001
Asthma	−0.01	0.12	−0.01	0.12	−0.03	< 0.001	− 0.01	0.12	− 0.01	0.12
Tuberculosis	0.09	< 0.001	0.09	< 0.001	−0.03	< 0.001	0.09	< 0.001	0.09	< 0.001
Depression	−0.02	< 0.001	−0.02	< 0.001	− 0.01	< 0.01	−0.02	< 0.001	− 0.02	< 0.001
Obesity	0.01	0.13	0.01	0.14	0.11	< 0.001	0.01	0.14	0.01	0.13
Block 3: Social Determinants
White	−0.02	0.16	−0.02	0.15	−0.06	< 0.001	−0.02	0.15	−0.02	0.15
African American	−0.01	0.62	−0.01	0.59	0.07	< 0.001	−0.01	0.60	−0.01	0.60
Income	−0.01	0.11	−0.01	0.15	−0.01	0.84	−0.01	0.12	−0.01	0.14
Urban Neighborhood	−0.03	< 0.001	−0.03	< 0.001	0.01	0.03	−0.03	< 0.001	−0.03	< 0.001
Environmental Hazards	0.01	0.01	0.01	< 0.01	−0.01	0.27	0.01	< 0.01	0.01	< 0.01
Block 4: Insurance			0.01	< 0.01	−0.01	0.01	− 0.01	0.03	−0.01	0.02

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