Demographic variablesa | NMEb states | MEc states | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Access to care (n, %) | |||
Preventable hospitalizations | 1,096,631 (52.1) | 1,006,483 (47.9) | 0.2670 |
State population | |||
18–64 years old | 6,127,025 | 6,191,002 | 0.8776 |
Race (%) | |||
Minorities | 41.7 | 38.9 | 0.9457 |
Education (%) | |||
High school graduate | 87.3 | 86.1 | 0.0676 |
Bachelor’s degree | 27.4 | 30.2 | 0.0194 |
Income ($) | |||
MHI | 49,006 | 56,240 | 0.0005 |
Per capita income | 26,381 | 29,865 | 0.0194 |
Poverty (%) | |||
Below FPL | 15.3 | 15.6 | 0.1704 |
Income < 10 k | 7.2 | 7.6 | 0.2244 |
Food stamps | 14.0 | 13.5 | 0.2546 |
Unemployment | 7.0 | 7.2 | 0.2595 |
Healthcare delivery characteristics | |||
Physician fee index ($)d | 0.60 | 0.58 | 0.8029 |
Medicaid $ per enrollee ($)e | 3,336 | 5,120 | < 0.0001 |
Income eligibility, FPL (%)f | 80.6 | 124.1 | < 0.0001 |
Governor political affiliation | |||
Democratic | 0 (0.0) | 27 (100.0) | < 0.0001 |
Republican | 62 (64.6) | 34 (35.4) | |
Control of state legislature | |||
Democratic | 0 (0.0) | 45 (100.0) | < 0.0001 |
Republican | 62 (79.5) | 16 (20.5) |