Table 2.
Adjusted predicted probabilities and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each length of stay category and discharge destination, overall and by health maintenance organization (HMO) and fee-for-service (FFS) (N=8,098)
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HMO (N=4,359) |
FFS (N=3,739) |
Total (N=8,098) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Percent* | 95% CI | Percent* | 95% CI | Percent* | 95% CI |
| Length of Stay (days) | ||||||
| 1–2 | 19 | (17.4, 20) | 16 | (15, 17.2) | 17 | (17, 18) |
| 3 | 18 | (17, 19) | 17 | (16, 18) | 17 | (17, 18) |
| 4 | 16 | (15, 17) | 16 | (15, 17) | 16 | (15, 17) |
| 5–7 | 29 | (28, 30) | 31 | (29, 32) | 30 | (29, 31) |
| > 7 | 18 | (17, 19.26) | 20 | (19.28, 21) | 19 | (18, 20) |
| Discharge Destination | ||||||
| Home | 42 | (41, 44) | 31 | (30, 33) | 37 | (36, 38) |
| Home care | 15 | (14, 17) | 16 | (14, 17) | 16 | (15, 16) |
| Rehabilitation facility | 15 | (14, 16) | 24 | (23, 25) | 19 | (18, 20) |
| Skilled nursing facility | 27 | (25, 28) | 29 | (28, 31) | 28 | (27, 29) |
| Warfarin Use | 17 | (16, 19) | 17 | (16, 18) | 17 | (16, 18) |
Adjusted for age, female, race, Medicaid, % of the census block group aged 25+ with college degrees, % of persons in the census block group below the poverty line, geographic region, prior stroke, cardiac arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, chronic pulmonary disease, uncomplicated diabetes, complicated diabetes, hypertension, fluid and electrolyte disorders, valvular disease, peripheral vascular disorders, hypothyroidism, solid tumor without metastasis, deficiency anemias, depression, dementia, concurrent cardiac events, mechanical ventilation, gastrostomy tube, hemiplegia/hemiparesis, residual neurological deficit, and year of index hospitalization. Analyses were conducted on patients discharged alive within 30 days with the exclusion of 217 patients discharged to hospice and 30 patients discharged to other facilities.