Table 6.

Specification checks (N=874,143 unless otherwise noted)

	Hospitalized within 30 days	Mobility improved	Pain improved	ADL functioning improved
Baseline model	−0.0174** (2.293)	0.0283** (2.331)	0.0147*** (2.654)	0.0380*** (2.838)
Exclude Hospital-based NHs (N=707,737)	−0.0172** (2.152)	0.0209 (1.521)	0.00901 (1.44)	0.0295** (2.001)
Urban NHs only (N=722,466)	−0.0247** (2.277)	0.0341** (1.975)	0.0206** (2.555)	0.0401** (2.144)
Rural NHs only (N=151,677)	−0.0137 (1.386)	0.0111 (0.699)	0.00354 (0.463)	0.0168 (0.951)
Most competitive markets (N=448,514)	−0.0534*** (3.55)	0.0816*** (3.09)	0.0052 (0.47)	0.0772*** (2.75)
Include health referral region fixed effects	−0.0194** (2.428)	0.0151 (1.248)	0.00355 (0.61)	0.0251* (1.88)
Supply of NH beds included in the model (N=855,612)	−0.0248*** (3.118)	0.0318** (2.397)	0.0165*** (2.771)	0.0437*** (3.022)
Include government facilities (N=912,970)	−0.0151** (1.988)	0.0216* (1.721)	0.0147** (2.566)	0.0304** (2.182)
Binary DD measure (above/below) median	−0.0395*** (6.165)	−0.0047 (0.417)	0.00344 (0.711)	−0.00493 (0.403)
Logged values of DD measure	−0.0430*** (7.307)	−0.00303 (0.295)	0.000612 (0.138)	0.00218 (0.193)
Exclude NHs in same zip code as resident prior address (N=635,786)	−0.0249** (1.961)	0.0350* (1.828)	0.0230** (2.519)	0.0425** (2.057)

Notes: Results are presented as marginal effects at the mean. Full multinomial results available upon request. Models include all the covariates reported in table 1 and state fixed effects unless otherwise noted. Robust t-statistics clustered at the zip code-level are reported in parentheses.

DD = Differential distance; NH = nursing home; ADL = activities of daily living.