Table 4.

Crude, adjusted, and propensity matched comparisons of five-year mortality among skilled nursing facility users and non-users.

Model	Five-year mortality		Absolute Difference in Mortality (95% CI)	p-value
	No	Yes
Crude	13.7%	27.8%	14.1% (11.9% to 16.3%)	<0.001
Multivariable adjusted	15.6%	19.8%	4.1% (2.3% to 5.9%)	<0.001
Propensity matched	15.4%	18.1%	2.7% (1.6% to 3.8%)	<0.001

All models were adjusted for patient gender, age, non-white race, BMI, diabetes, chronic lung disease, cerebrovascular disease, white blood count, hematocrit, left ventricular ejection fraction, previous MI, surgical status, 3+ vs 1-2 diseased vessels, presence of major morbidity, hospital length of stay, and hospital random effect.

Abbreviations: SNF = skilled nursing facility