Table 2.

Comparison between MDS-Only and Full RHFs in Terms of Average Number of Days Per Resident

	Full RHF		MDS-Only RHF		Difference: Full-MDS Only
Days in	Mean (SD)	Median (Q1, Q3)	Mean (SD)	Median (Q1, Q3)	Mean (SD)	Median (Q1, Q3)
MDS episodelets	101 (118)	26 (1, 239)	127 (115)	78 (24, 255)	−26.2 (35.4)	−12 (−41, 0)
Any NH episodelets	128 (115)	78 (24, 257)	127 (115)	78 (24, 255)	0.9 (14.3)	0 (−2, 0)
Gap	181 (123)	162 (73, 310)	238 (115)	287 (110, 341)	−57.0 (93.5)	−12 (−58, 0)

MDS, Minimum Data Set; NH, nursing home; RHF, Residential History File.