Table 1.
Probability of Discharge Disposition by Time of Discharge and Destination (Multivariate Results)
| Per Annum Percentage Point Change before SSTP (%) | Step Percentage Point Change between Periods (%) | Per Annum Percentage Point Change after SSTP* (%) | Adjusted Probability of Utilization by Calendar Month (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/96 | 9/98 | 10/98 | 12/00 | ||||
| Joint replacement | |||||||
| Early discharge | +5.2 | −4.9 | +1.2 | 20.7 | 34.6 | 29.7 | 32.7 |
| PAC utilization | +1.2 | −1.0 | +0.8 | 77.1 | 80.2 | 79.2 | 80.9 |
| Early discharge with PAC | +4.6 | −4.6 | +1.2 | 17.0 | 28.8 | 24.6 | 27.1 |
| Early discharge without PAC | +0.6 | −0.3† | +0.3 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| Late discharge with PAC | −3.4 | +3.6 | −0.4† | 60.1 | 51.0 | 54.6 | 53.8 |
| Late discharge without PAC | −1.8 | +1.3 | −1.1 | 19.1 | 14.4 | 15.7 | 13.5 |
| Hip fracture | |||||||
| Early discharge | +2.8 | −3.3 | +0.0† | 17.0 | 24.6 | 21.3 | 21.4 |
| PAC utilization | +1.0 | +0.2† | +1.1 | 82.7 | 85.2 | 85.4 | 87.7 |
| Early discharge with PAC | +2.7 | −2.9 | +0.3 | 13.2 | 20.4 | 17.5 | 18.2 |
| Early discharge without PAC | +0.2 | −0.4 | −0.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| Late discharge with PAC | −1.7 | +3.1 | +0.7 | 69.4 | 64.8 | 68.0 | 69.5 |
| Late discharge without PAC | −1.1 | +0.2† | −0.8 | 13.6 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 9.2 |
Each 1% change represents roughly 2,000 patients.
*
All pre-SSTP versus post-SSTP comparisons are significantly different bootstrap estimations.
†
All estimates are significantly different than 0 except where noted by dagger.
SSTP, Short Stay Transfer Policy; PAC, postacute care.