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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006 Feb-.

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Figure 3 is made up of two maps, one with unadjusted inpatient charges per Medicaid stay and the second with those inpatient charges adjusted by the area wage index by census division in 2013. Ratio of unadjusted charges to national mean of $30,900: Pacific: 1.39; Middle Atlantic: 1.17; Mountain: 1.07; West South Central: 0.89; South Atlantic: 0.88; East North Central: 0.85; East South Central: 0.81; West North Central: 0.81; New England: 0.78. Ratio of area wage index–adjusted charges to national mean of stay $30,000: Pacific: 1.11; Mountain: 1.09; Middle Atlantic: 1.08; West South Central: 1.02; South Atlantic: 0.98; East South Central: 0.97; East North Central: 0.92; West North Central: 0.87; New England: 0.65.

Figure 3Ratio of mean inpatient charges per Medicaid stay relative to the national Medicaid mean, by census division, unadjusted and adjusted by area wage index, 2013

* Statistically significant difference from 1.00 at the 0.05 level or better

Note: Divisions are color-coded to represent 5 percentage point bins above or below the national mean value.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), National Inpatient Sample (NIS), 2013

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