Table 1.

Elder Abuse and Rate of Admission to Skill Nursing Facility (SNF)

	Mean	Standard Deviation	Median	Inter- Quartile Range	z-test	Chi-sq	P value
No Elder Abuse (Reference Group)	0.14	0.58	0.00	0.06
Reported Elder Abuse	0.66	1.63	0.00	0.07	4.61		<0.001
Confirmed Elder Abuse	0.68	1.32	0.00	0.67	4.16		<0.001
Specific Subtypes of Elder Abuse
Caregiver Neglect	1.01	2.14	0.00	0.83	4.37		<0.001
Psychological Abuse	0.43	1.12	0.00	0.26	1.63		0.102
Physical Abuse	0.69	1.32	0.25	0.72	3.74		<0.001
Financial Exploitation	0.53	1.19	0.00	0.45	2.87		0.004
Multiple Types of Elder Abuse
1 type	0.66	1.90	0.00	0.42	2.61		0.009
2 or more types	0.67	1.36	0.00	0.61	3.74		<0.001