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. 2011 Dec 15;47(3 Pt 1):1158–1178. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01363.x

Table 1.

Rates of PARC Use: Institution versus Home and SNF versus IRF Care, by Race/Ethnicity and Condition

White African American Hispanic Total
Joint replacement (N = 164,875)
 % Institutional care (versus home) 44.48 60.68 52.98 45.63
 % SNF care (versus IRF) 65.65 59.63* 57.65* 64.88
 Mean age 68.4 63.8 66.3 68.1
 Percent with acute LOS>6 4.9% 9.4% 7.8% 5.3%
Stroke (N = 187,188)
 % Institutional care (versus home) 27.93 33.37 23.20 28.12
 % SNF care (versus IRF) 69.69 67.84 62.54 68.94
 Mean age 73.7 67.1 70.3 72.6
 Percent with acute LOS>6 16.5% 27.4% 23.6% 18.4%
Hip fracture (N = 71,481)
 % Institutional care (versus home) 86.84 81.00 76.72 86.05
 % SNF care (versus IRF) 80.18* 81.87* 72.28 79.84
 Mean age 80.4 75.2 78.4 80.1
 Percent with acute LOS>6 29.4% 41.7% 40.2% 30.4%

Note. All variables are statistically significant (1%) between race/ethnicities except for those marked.

*

African American/Hispanic use of SNF versus IRF for joint replacement and white/African American use of SNF versus IRF for hip fracture.