Table 2.
Predicted LOS by Pandemic Time and Medicare Coverage Type
| Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
Difference (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | TM | MA | ||
| Stroke | ||||
| Pre-pandemic | 14.63 | 14.65 | 14.87 | 0.22 (0.15 to 0.29) |
| Mar–May 2020 | 14.83 | 14.57 | 14.52 | −0.06 (−0.22 to 0.10) |
| Jun–Aug 2020 | 14.93 | 14.61 | 14.68 | 0.07 (−0.07 to 0.20) |
| Sep–Dec 2020 | 14.46 | 13.97 | 14.02 | 0.06 (−0.11 to 0.22) |
| Fracture | ||||
| Pre-pandemic | 13.15 | 13.24 | 13.29 | 0.04 (−0.08 to 0.17) |
| Mar–May 2020 | 13.47 | 13.15 | 13.19 | 0.04 (−0.14 to 0.22) |
| Jun–Aug 2020 | 13.39 | 13.25 | 13.17 | −0.09 (−0.27 to 0.10) |
| Sep–Dec 2020 | 13.12 | 12.91 | 13.08 | 0.17 (−0.06 to 0.41) |
| Replacement | ||||
| Pre-pandemic | 10.24 | 10.32 | 10.66 | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.53) |
| Mar–May 2020 | 10.54 | 10.29 | 10.54 | 0.25 (−0.20 to 0.70) |
| Jun–Aug 2020 | 10.71 | 10.48 | 10.59 | 0.11 (−0.20 to 0.43) |
| Sep–Dec 2020 | 10.76 | 10.22 | 10.43 | 0.21 (−0.23 to 0.64) |
| Cardiac | ||||
| Pre-pandemic | 10.92 | 10.93 | 11.36 | 0.43 (0.27 to 0.59) |
| Mar–May 2020 | 11.11 | 11.04 | 11.10 | 0.06 (−0.21 to 0.33) |
| Jun–Aug 2020 | 11.20 | 10.98 | 11.26 | 0.28 (0.02 to 0.55) |
| Sep–Dec 2020 | 11.03 | 10.66 | 10.72 | 0.06 (−0.27 to 0.39) |
| Pulmonary | ||||
| Pre-pandemic | 10.98 | 10.97 | 11.72 | 0.75 (0.38 to 1.11) |
| Mar–May 2020 | 11.50 | 11.22 | 11.59 | 0.37 (−0.18 to 0.93) |
| Jun–Aug 2020 | 11.57 | 11.30 | 11.31 | 0.01 (−0.65 to 0.66) |
| Sep–Dec 2020 | 11.17 | 10.82 | 11.72 | 0.90 (−0.02 to 1.82) |