Table 4.

Unadjusted and Adjusted Hazards Ratios for Mortality, Rehospitalization, and Combined Mortality/Rehospitalization for Patients Discharged to SNF Compared With Home Location

	Unadjusted^†				Adjusted^†^*

Outcome	Hazard Ratio	95% CI Lower Limit for Hazard Ratio	95% CI Upper Limit for Hazard Ratio	Pr > χ²	Hazard Ratio	95% CI Lower Limit for Hazard Ratio	95% CI Upper Limit for Hazard Ratio	Pr > χ²
Mortality, all– cause	2.19	2.07	2.31	<0.001	1.76	1.66	1.87	<0.001
Rehospitalization, all– cause	1.14	1.08	1.19	<0.001	1.08	1.03	1.14	0.001
Mortality or rehospitalization	1.35	1.30	1.41	<0.001	1.25	1.19	1.31	<0.001

CI indicates confidence interval.

Adjusted for all covariates listed in Table 2.

^†

n=14 599 (excludes 860 patients with all laboratory data missing).