TABLE 2.
Selection-corrected, adjusted physical health and functioning by postacute care setting
| Adjusted Outcome |
Adjusted Outcome |
Percentage Difference |
Adjusted Outcome |
Percentage Difference |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | IRF | IRF vs. Home | SNF | IRF vs. SNF | |
| Six-month follow-up scores | |||||
| PF | 26.6 | 27.2 | 2.2 | 24.2 | 12.7b |
| RF | 34.2 | 38.2 | 11.8b | 33.5 | 13.9b |
| VT | 47.6 | 47.4 | −0.4 | 46.8 | 1.3 |
| GH | 39.6 | 41.7 | 5.4 | 39.1 | 6.8a |
| PCS | 32.0 | 34.3 | 7.4a | 31.0 | 10.6b |
| Probability of scoring in the top quartile of overall sample distribution at 6-mo follow-up | |||||
| PF | 21.2 | 24.7 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 45.2 |
| RF | 19.7 | 26.9 | 36.6 | 20.1 | 34.1 |
| VT | 20.4 | 22.0 | 7.6 | 23.1 | −4.9 |
| GH | 12.8 | 29.7 | 132.0b | 15.4 | 92.7b |
| PCS | 23.4 | 30.2 | 28.9 | 18.6 | 62.1a |
| Probability of scoring in the bottom quartile of overall sample distribution at 6-mo follow-up | |||||
| PF | 27.4 | 30.1 | 9.9 | 48.3 | −37.8b |
| RF | 29.1 | 18.1 | −37.9a | 36.8 | −50.8b |
| VT | 24.7 | 27.6 | 12.0 | 34.3 | −19.4 |
| GH | 22.7 | 26.4 | 16.3 | 34.4 | −23.4 |
| PCS | 26.3 | 19.5 | −25.9 | 32.6 | −40.1b |
| Disability level | |||||
| Severe: three or more ADLs | 17.37 | 13.16 | −24.24 | 29.66 | −55.6b |
| Any ADL impairment | 44.75 | 43.13 | −3.62 | 62.49 | −31.0b |
Adjusted outcomes are based on regression analyses that control for amputation level, preamputation health functioning and disability, sociodemographic and economic characteristics of patients, as well as self-selection into alternative settings. Disability level is determined by the number of impaired basic ADLs.
a
Differences that are statistically significant at 0.05 ≤ P < 0.10.
b
Differences that are statistically significant at P < 0.05.