Table 8

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

Outcome: CVD Hospitalization Costs
(1)(2)(3)
Panel A: No Patient Fixed Effects
HMS (×100)−0.334***−0.314***−0.282***
(0.103)(0.100)(0.0952)
ACSC quality metric−0.579***−0.396***−0.270***
(×100)(0.107)(0.0944)(0.0826)
Observations2,685,8042,685,8042,685,804
R-squared0.0030.0120.050
Panel B: Including Patient Fixed Effects
HMS (×100)−0.278***−0.279***−0.256***
(0.0908)(0.0909)(0.0917)
ACSC quality metric0.03790.03700.0147
(×100)(0.0803)(0.0802)(0.0813)
Observations2,601,5542,601,5542,601,554
Mean hosp. exp. (1,000 DKK)4.054.855.03
R-squared0.4200.4200.429
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.