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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Jul 22;63(8):1495–1502. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13540

Table 4.

Annual transition rates of common compound transitions among subjects with at least one compound transition

Total sample
(N=16,186)		 Never Demented
(N=12,739)		 Mild Dementia
(N=2,278)		 Moderate to Severe
Dementia (N=1,169)
Number (%) of subjects with
>=1 compound transitions out
of the nursing facility		 3238 (20.0%) 1525 (12.0%) 1042 (45.7%) 671 (57.4%)
Transition Type Annual transition rate and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) of compound transition;
Rate ratio (RR) and 95% CI of RR as compared to the never demented group
 nursing facility to hospital
 to nursing facility		 0.17, (CI: 0.15-0.18) 0.10, (CI: 0.09-0.12) 0.21, (CI: 0.18-0.24)
RR: 2.29 (CI: 1.99-2.64)		 0.24, (CI: 0.21-0.27)
RR: 2.85 (CI: 2.43-3.33)
 nursing facility to home to
 hospital		 0.06, (CI: 0.05-0.06) 0.06, (CI: 0.05-0.06) 0.06, (CI: 0.05-0.06)
RR: 1.07 (CI: 0.93-1.24)		 0.07, (CI: 0.06-0.08)
RR: 1.33 (CI: 1.13-1.55)
 nursing facility to home to
 nursing facility		 0.01, (CI: 0.01-0.01) 0.01, (CI: 0.01-0.01) 0.01, (CI: 0.01-0.01)
RR: 1.02 (CI: 0.73-1.41)		 0.02, (CI: 0.01-0.03)
RR: 2.03 (CI: 1.49-2.76)
 nursing facility to home
 health care to hospital		 0.01, (CI: 0.01-0.0)1 0.01, (CI: 0.01-0.02) 0.01, (CI: 0.01-0.02)
RR: 1.14 (CI: 0.84-1.55)		 0.01, (CI: 0.00-0.01)
RR: 0.65 (CI: 0.43-1.00)
Number (%) of subjects with
>=1 compound transitions out
of the hospital		 7927 (49.0%) 5085 (39.9%) 1857 (81.5%) 985 (84.2%)
Transition Type Annual transition rate and corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) of compound transition;
Rate ratio (RR) and 95% CI of RR as compared to the never demented group
 hospital to home to hospital 0.30, (CI: 0.29-0.32) 0.31, (CI: 0.29-0.33) 0.31, (CI: 0.28-0.33)
RR: 1.08 (CI: 1.01-1.15)		 0.27, (CI: 0.24-0.30)
RR: 0.97 (CI: 0.88-1.06)
 hospital to nursing facility
 to hospital		 0.07, (CI: 0.07-0.08) 0.04, (CI: 0.03-0.05) 0.12, (CI: 0.11-0.14)
RR: 4.54 (CI: 3.88-5.31)		 0.16, (CI: 0.13-0.18)
RR: 6.19 (CI: 5.13-7.48)
 hospital to nursing facility
 to home		 0.05, (CI: 0.04-0.05) 0.04, (CI: 0.03-0.04) 0.06, (CI: 0.05-0.07)
RR: 2.10 (CI: 1.88-2.36)		 0.08, (CI: 0.06-0.09)
RR: 2.68 (CI: 2.34-3.06)
 hospital to home health care
 to hospital		 0.02, (CI: 0.02-0.03) 0.02, (CI: 0.02-0.03) 0.02, (CI: 0.02-0.03)
RR: 1.37 (CI: 1.12-1.67)		 0.02, (CI: 0.01-0.02)
RR: 1.22 (CI: 0.93-1.59)