Table 7

Association between Physician Health Management Skills, Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Quality, and Cardiovascular Disease–Related Hospitalization Risk—Linear Probability Regressions

OutcomeCVD Hospitalization
(1)(2)(3)
Panel A: No Patient Fixed Effects
HMS (×100)−0.0816***−0.0767***−0.0691***
(0.0250)(0.0244)(0.0233)
ACSC quality metric−0.135***−0.0916***−0.0611***
(×100)(0.0259)(0.0230)(0.0203)
Observations2,686,2162,686,2162,686,216
R-squared0.0030.0120.049
Panel B: Including Patient Fixed Effects
HMS (×100)−0.0724***−0.0725***−0.0669***
(0.0233)(0.0233)(0.0234)
ACSC quality metric0.01050.01030.0043
(×100)(0.0199)(0.0199)(0.020)
Observations2,601,5542,601,5542,601,554
Mean CVD hosp.0.050.070.06
R-squared0.4080.4080.418
Year FEYesYesYes
RegionYesYesYes
Ind. cov.NoYesYes
ComorbiditiesNoNoYes
  • Notes: Standard errors are clustered at the clinic level. Robust standard errors in parentheses, clustered on the clinic level. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.