Table 1.

Summary Statistics (N=14,088)

	Total Sample	For-Profit	Nonprofit
For-Profit Agency	31%
Mean length of use (in days)	93.87	99.68	91.22
Length of use less than 30 days	47%	42%**	50%
Length of use greater than 99 days	17%	22%**	15%
Discharged: Death	4%	5%	4%
Discharged: Institution	17%	18%	17%
Discharged: Goals met	68%	64%*	69%
Discharged: Other	11%	13%	10%
Person-level control variables
Medicare	66%	63%	68%
Medicaid	10%	9%	11%
Private Insurance	17%	21%*	16%
Other payer	6%	8%	5%
Female	62%	62%	63%
Married	38%	36%	39%
Marital status missing	12%	16%**	10%
African American	10%	12%	9%
White	69%	65%*	71%
Other race	4%	4%	4%
Race missing	17%	20%	16%
Hispanic	5%	6%	4%
Lives in Metropolitan Statistical Area	86%	88%	84%
Region: West	16%	20%	14%
Region: South	27%	41%**	21%
Region: Midwest	21%	17%	23%
Region: Northeast	36%	22%**	42%
Age less than 65	30%	32%	29%
Age 65-74	22%	21%	23%
Age 75-84	31%	28%*	32%
Age 85+	17%	19%	16%
Lives alone	27%	27%	26%
Lives in an institution	7%	9%**	6%
Referral source: self/family	3%	4%	3%
Referral source: hospital	47%	35%**	53%
Referral source: nursing home	2%	2%	3%
Referral source: Doctor	35%	43%**	31%
Referral source: other	12%	16%**	10%
Has primary caregiver	79%	76%*	81%
Vision difficulty	17%	19%	17%
Hearing difficulty	16%	16%	16%
Charlson score = 0	46%	50%**	45%
Charlson score = 1	28%	26%	28%
Charlson score = 2	18%	17%	18%
Charlson score = 3	5%	4%	5%
Charlson score = 4+	4%	3%*	4%
Agency-level control variables
Group-owned agency	45%	60%**	38%
Group-owned missing	4%	1%**	5%
Hospital-based agency	41%	18%**	51%
Hospital-based missing	3%	1%**	4%
Time
1994 wave	18%	16%	19%
1996 wave	26%	27%	26%
1998 wave	29%	36%*	25%
2000 wave	27%	22%*	29%

Notes: Asterisks identify a statistically significant difference between for-profit and nonprofit agencies.

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