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Table 1 Descriptive characteristic of the two samples at baseline before and after PSW

From: The impact of Timothy's Law on hospitalization among patients with mental health conditions in New York State

 

Before PSW

After PSW

 

NY

CA

 

NY

CA

 
 

2006, N = 1237

2006, N = 3028

 

2006, N = 1211

2006, N = 2345

 

Variables

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

SMD

Mean

STD

Mean

STD

SMD

Age

39.16

14.93

37.68

14.35

0.101

38.37

14.75

38.42

14.06

−0.003

Length of stay

16.73

18.73

14.12

15.96

0.150

16.06

17.98

14.71

16.74

0.078

Length of stay per hospitalization

11.72

13.17

8.52

8.27

0.291

11.19

12.24

8.63

8.49

0.243

 

count

%

count

%

 

count

%

count

%

 

Race or ethnicity

White

966

79.8%

1838

78.4%

0.034

963

79.38%

1838

78.38%

0.025

Black

147

12.1%

148

6.3%

0.202

98

8.08%

148

6.31%

0.069

Hispanic

45

3.7%

269

11.5%

−0.298

105

8.67%

269

11.47%

−0.093

Asian or pacific Islander

21

1.7%

56

2.4%

−0.049

25

2.07%

56

2.39%

-0.022

Native American

4

0.3%

2

0.1%

0.045

2

0.18%

2

0.09%

0.025

Other

28

2.31%

32

1.36%

0.071

20

1.63%

32

1.36%

0.022

Female

760

61.4%

1682

55.5%

0.120

776

64.1%

1484

63.3%

0.017

Bipolar

448

36.2%

1133

37.4%

−0.025

436

36.0%

882

37.6%

−0.033

Schizophrenia

263

21.3%

616

20.3%

0.025

231

19.1%

457

19.5%

−0.010

Depression

513

41.5%

1255

41.4%

0.002

515

42.5%

992

42.3%

0.004

Asthma

43

3.5%

154

5.1%

−0.079

67

5.51%

121

5.17%

0.015

Sleep

3

0.2%

45

1.5%

−0.142

19

1.57%

24

1.02%

0.049

Thyroid

33

2.7%

106

3.5%

−0.046

39

3.20%

81

3.46%

−0.014

Obesity

28

2.3%

130

4.3%

−0.112

48

4.00%

92

3.94%

0.003

Tobacco

36

2.9%

182

6.0%

−0.151

68

5.60%

132

5.61%

0.000

TBI

1

0.1%

2

0.1%

0.000

1

0.11%

2

0.09%

0.006

Cardiac dysrhythmia

14

1.1%

15

0.5%

0.067

9

0.75%

18

0.75%

0.000

Cancer

3

0.2%

4

0.1%

0.026

1

0.11%

2

0.09%

0.006

Congestive heart failure

4

0.3%

4

0.1%

0.045

3

0.23%

6

0.25%

−0.004

Coronary artery disease

15

1.2%

13

0.4%

0.090

9

0.76%

19

0.81%

−0.006

Diabetes

61

4.9%

99

3.3%

0.081

47

3.86%

94

3.99%

−0.007

Hyperlipidemia

38

3.1%

112

3.7%

−0.033

43

3.51%

86

3.66%

−0.008

Hypertension

82

6.6%

249

8.2%

−0.061

99

8.21%

190

8.09%

0.004

Kidney

4

0.3%

4

0.1%

0.045

3

0.25%

6

0.24%

0.002

Liver

2

0.2%

5

0.2%

0.000

3

0.28%

5

0.21%

0.014

Lung

60

4.9%

186

6.1%

−0.053

80

6.60%

150

6.38%

0.009

Peripheral artery disease

1

0.1%

1

0.0%

0.045

1

0.06%

1

0.06%

0.000

Stroke

1

0.1%

3

0.1%

0.000

1

0.08%

3

0.11%

−0.010

Alcohol dependency

113

9.1%

392

12.9%

−0.122

144

11.88%

292

12.45%

−0.017

Anxiety

74

6.0%

202

6.7%

−0.029

80

6.64%

161

6.86%

−0.009

Dementia

1

0.1%

2

0.1%

0.000

1

0.06%

2

0.08%

−0.008

PTSD

35

2.8%

112

3.7%

−0.051

40

3.31%

89

3.78%

−0.025

Substance dependency

109

8.8%

314

10.4%

−0.054

126

10.37%

239

10.18%

0.006