Appendix.
Predictors of hospital-skilled nursing facility (SNF) referral as determined by a conditional (fixed effects) logit model.
| VARIABLES | (1) Coefficient (SE) |
P-values | (2) Marginal effect (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance: home to SNF | −0.106 (0.000344) |
<0.001 | −0.1734 |
| Distance: hospital to SNF | −0.0712 (0.000326) |
<0.001 | −0.1186 |
| Total number of beds | −0.000884 (0.000106) |
<0.001 | −0.0015 |
| % paid by Medicaid | −0.0248 (0.000133) |
<0.001 | −0.0418 |
| Multi-facility SNF | 0.0401 (0.00676) |
<0.001 | 0.0683 |
| For profit | 0.130 (0.00755) |
<0.001 | 0.2188 |
| Any MD extender | 0.0404 (0.00678) |
<0.001 | 0.0689 |
| Hospital's own SNF | 1.907 (0.0237) |
<0.001 | 6.0824 |
| Hospital-based SNF | −0.396 (0.0183) |
<0.001 | −0.5953 |
| Average deficiency score | −0.00195 (5.96e-05) |
<0.001 | −0.0033 |
| Total no. of FTE RN | 0.0256 (0.000382) |
<0.001 | 0.0438 |
| Total no. of FTE LPN | 0.0163 (0.000437) |
<0.001 | 0.0278 |
| Total no. of FTE CNA | 0.00227 (0.000241) |
<0.001 | 0.0039 |
| Observations | 8,519,910 |
Note: Marginal effects are calculated as percentage change in likelihood of being discharged to an skilled nursing facility in response to a one unit of change in corresponding characteristics23. FTE – full time equivalent; RN – registered nurse; LPN – licensed practical nurse; CNA – certified nursing assistant; MD extender – nurse practitioner, physician assistant.