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Table 2.1: National Complications of Care, 2002
| Birth trauma injury per 1,000 live births (excluding preterm and osteogenesis imperfecta births), by patient and hospital characteristics United States, 2000 |
| |
Adjusted rate a |
| Population group |
Estimate |
Standard error |
| Total |
6.680 |
0.505 |
| Patient characteristic |
| Gender |
|
|
| Male |
6.828 |
0.745 |
| Female |
5.063 |
0.762 |
| Median income of patient zip |
| Less than $25,000 |
5.420 |
2.211 |
| $25,000-$34,999 |
4.913 |
1.131 |
| $35,000-$44,999 |
5.780 |
1.009 |
| $45,000 or more |
7.994 |
0.717 |
| Location of patient residence |
| MSA |
6.898 |
0.549 |
| Non-MSA |
5.494 |
1.294 |
| Location of inpatient treatment |
| Northeast |
9.041 |
1.220 |
| Midwest |
4.193 |
1.093 |
| South |
7.400 |
0.818 |
| West |
5.993 |
1.048 |
| Expected payment source |
| Private insurance |
7.066 |
0.657 |
| Medicare |
7.331 |
9.738 |
| Medicaid |
6.499 |
0.880 |
| Other insurance |
3.935 |
3.392 |
| Uninsured/self pay/no charge |
4.673 |
2.186 |
| Hospital characteristic |
| Ownership/control |
| Private, not-for-profit |
7.149 |
0.585 |
| Private, for-profit |
4.328 |
1.508 |
| Public |
6.111 |
1.342 |
| Teaching status |
| Teaching |
6.329 |
0.888 |
| Non-teaching |
6.854 |
0.615 |
| Location of hospital |
| MSA |
6.626 |
0.539 |
| Non-MSA |
7.060 |
1.448 |
| Bedsize |
| Less than 100 |
5.363 |
1.621 |
| 100 - 299 |
5.449 |
0.789 |
| 300 - 499 |
8.568 |
0.946 |
| 500+ |
7.100 |
1.111 |
aRates are adjusted for gender.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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