Table 3 Policy intervention effect on length of stay and length of stay per hospitalization (PS weighted difference-in-difference)
All mental health illnesses covered by Timothy’s Law | ||||||||
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Outcome variable | Total length of Stay (LOS) | Length of stay per hospitalization (LOSPH) | ||||||
Parameter | Estimate | Bootstrap 95% CI | p-value | Estimate | Bootstrap 95% CI | P-value | ||
Intervention | 5.23 | 3.64 | 6.86 | < .0001 | 3.99 | 2.87 | 5.2 | < .0001 |
Control | 0.31 | −0.81 | 1.58 | 0.58 | 0.74 | 0.13 | 1.37 | 0.0146 |
Policy's effect (ATT) | 4.91 | 2.89 | 7.01 | < .0001 | 3.25 | 1.96 | 4.57 | < .0001 |
Severe mental health illnesses | ||||||||
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Parameter | Estimate | Bootstrap 95% CI | p-value | Estimate | Bootstrap 95% CI | P-value | ||
Intervention | 6.63 | 4.17 | 9.32 | < .0001 | 3.14 | 6.79 | 3.14 | < .0001 |
Control | −0.44 | −2.09 | 1.04 | 0.5678 | −0.47 | 1.83 | −0.47 | 0.0746 |
Policy's effect (ATT) | 7.07 | 4.15 | 10.17 | < .0001 | 1.93 | 6.03 | 1.93 | 0.0002 |