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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2016 Feb;263(2):280–285. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001367

TABLE 3.

Mortality by Diagnosis Group and First Disposition From SNF

Cohort % Patients 1-yr Mortality, % 3-yr Mortality, % 1-yr in-SNF Mortality, %* 3-yr in-SNF Mortality, %*
Trauma 23.3 29.7 7.3 8.8
  Died index SNF admission 3.7
  Discharged home 58.2 11.0 16.4 1.4 2.3
  Readmitted 26.9 44.0 50.9 11.7 14.0
  In SNF ≥ 6 mo 2.2 19.0 27.6 3.2 4.8
  Assisted living facility 9.0 1.9 10.8 0.2 0.7
Surgical 26.4 31.4 7.5 8.6
  Died index SNF admission 3.6
  Discharged home 62.0 12.2 16.5 1.4 2.1
  Readmitted 28.9 48.8 54.6 11.2 12.8
  In SNF ≥ 6 mo 1.1 21.4 29.8 3.8 5.7
  Assisted living facility 4.5 2.9 10.9 0.5 1.1
CVA 32.3 39.9 12.4 14.5
  Died index SNF admission 7.1
  Discharged home 49.6 16.5 23.5 2.5 3.8
  Readmitted 31.7 50.6 58.4 15.4 18.6
  In SNF ≥ 6 mo 3.3 22.2 32.1 3.9 6.5
  Assisted living facility 8.3 1.5 10.3 0.1 0.4
Overall 26.1 31.6 7.8 9.0
  Died index SNF admission 3.8
  Discharged home 60.5 12.2 16.8 1.4 2.2
  Readmitted 28.6 48.0 54.2 11.6 13.4
  In SNF ≥ 6 mo 1.4 20.7 29.3 3.6 5.5
  Assisted living facility 5.6 2.4 10.8 0.4 0.9
*

In-SNF mortality includes patients who died in an SNF both during index SNF admission and on subsequent SNF admissions.