Table 7.

Specification checks (N = 278,848 unless otherwise noted)

	Hospitalized within 90 days	Hospitalized within 180 days
Base line model	−0.0309*** (−3.269)	−0.0485*** (−4.107)
Excluded hospital based nursing homes (N = 271,904)	−0.0272*** (−2.871)	−0.0439*** (−3.717)
Urban NHs only (N = 210,981)	−0.0464*** (−3.182)	−0.0723*** (−3.866)
Rural NHs only (N = 67,867)	−0.0183 (−1.564)	−0.0319** (−2.160)
Include health referral region fixed effects	−0.0278*** (−2.759)	−0.0443*** (−3.492)
Include government facilities (N = 296,249)	−0.0290*** (−2.989)	−0.0439*** (−3.604)
Binary DD measure (above/below) median	−0.0285*** (−3.117)	−0.0508*** (−4.375)
Logged values of DD measure	−0.0371*** (−4.764)	−0.0605*** (−6.181)
Exclude NHs in same zip code as resident prior address (N = 196,309)	−0.0543*** (−2.922)	−0.0690*** (−2.828)
Supply of NH beds included in the model (N = 267,934)	−0.0340*** (−3.282)	−0.0542*** (−4.154)

Results are presented as marginal effects. 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