Table 5.
Results from linear regression
| Variables | Rehabilitation therapy (N=4,695)
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Restorative nursing care (N=1,867)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient ± SE | p-value | Coefficient ± SE | p-value | |
| Regions | <0.0001 | 0.0002 | ||
| North Atlantic vs Pacific | 0.54±0.19 | 0.34±0.41 | ||
| Southeast vs Pacific | 0.83±0.19 | −0.94±0.48 | ||
| Midwest vs Pacific | −0.30±0.21 | 1.37±0.46 | ||
| Continental vs Pacific | −0.28±0.21 | 0.22±0.46 | ||
| North Atlantic vs Continental | 0.82±0.20 | 0.12±0.45 | ||
| Southeast vs Continental | 1.11±0.21 | −1.16±0.52 | ||
| Midwest vs Continental | −0.02±0.22 | 1.15±0.50 | ||
| North Atlantic vs Midwest | 0.84±0.19 | −1.03±0.45 | ||
| Southeast vs Midwest | 1.12±0.20 | −2.31±0.50 | ||
| North Atlantic vs Southeast | −0.29±0.17 | 1.28±0.46 | ||
| Facility characteristics | ||||
| Rural vs urban | −0.54±0.13 | <0.0001 | Removed | |
| Certified beds: per 100 beds | −0.49±0.09 | <0.0001 | Removed | |
| Resident/bed ratio | Removed | Removed | ||
| Resident/nurse ratio: per 50 points | Removed | Removed | ||
| Ownership: reference = non-profit | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||
| For-profit | 0.65±0.17 | −1.00±0.4 | ||
| Local government | −1.62±0.23 | −2.38±0.46 | ||
| Hospital based: yes vs no | 0.74±0.37 | 0.043 | 2.92±1.12 | 0.0091 |
| Deficiency score: per 70 points | −0.11±0.06 | 0.08 | −0.26±0.15 | 0.073 |
| Resident characteristics | ||||
| Age, years: reference = ≥80 | 0.069 | Removed | ||
| ≤64 | −0.37±0.18 | |||
| 65–69 | −0.20±0.25 | |||
| 70–74 | 0.24±0.21 | |||
| 75–79 | 0.03±0.17 | |||
| Female vs male | Removed | 0.47 | Removed | |
| Education: reference = graduate degree | 0.35 | Removed | ||
| <High school | ||||
| High school | ||||
| Some college | ||||
| Bachelor degree | ||||
| Race/ethnicity: reference = all others | 0.17 | 0.052 | ||
| White | 0.20±0.32 | −0.25±0.70 | ||
| African-American | 0.01±0.35 | 0.84±0.77 | ||
| Marital status: reference = married | <0.0001 | Removed | ||
| Never married | −0.97±0.20 | |||
| Widowed | −0.33±0.15 | |||
| Separated/divorced | −0.48±0.17 | |||
| Admission source: reference = acute care hospital | <0.0001 | Removed | ||
| Non-acute hospital | −1.68±0.16 | |||
| Nursing home | −2.56±0.20 | |||
| VA priority: high vs other | −0.43±0.21 | <0.0001 | Removed | |
| Comorbidity: numerical | −0.09±0.04 | 0.027 | Removed | |
| ADL at baseline: numerical | 0.06±0.01 | <0.0001 | Removed | |
Notes: “Removed” indicates the variable was eliminated during the backward selection procedure.
Abbreviations: SE, standard error; VA, Veterans Affairs; ADL, activities of daily living.