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Table 2 Overall difference in payments and visits between commercial insurance and Medicaid

From: The impact of high school athletic trainer services on medical payments and utilizations: a microsimulation analysis on medical claims

 

Patients with Medicaid

Patients with Commercial Insurance

Difference (95%CI) comparing commercial vs Medicaid

P value

Payer payment per patient

$470 ($469, $471)

$845 ($843, $846)

$375 ($373, $376)

<.001

Emergency visits per patient

0.67 (0.66, 0.66)

0.26 (0.26, 0.26)

−0.40 (− 0.40, − 0.40)

<.001

Total visits per patient

4.67 (4.67, 4.68)

6.00 (6.00, 6.01)

1.33 (1.32, 1.34)

<.001

  1. Notes: Bootstrap 95% confidence intervals based on 50 replications clustered by sample are reported in parenthesis. Monetary values were adjusted to 2014 dollars using Consumer Price Index of all items
  2. Abbreviation: AT Athletic trainer