Table A4.
Difference in the Number of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations per 100 Patients per 30 Days Post vs Pre 5-Star at Each Star Level Compared With 1-Star.
| All stays | Post-acute care | Long-term care | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit status | Profit status | Profit status | |||||||
| Overall | Profit | Nonprofit | Overall | Profit | Nonprofit | Overall | Profit | Nonprofit | |
| Relative effect of Post at each star level compared with 1-star | |||||||||
| One star | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref |
| Two star | 0.164**
(2.81) |
0.235**
(3.41) |
−0.156 (1.13) |
0.271 (1.12) |
0.467*
(1.70) |
−0.491 (0.78) |
0.121*
(2.43) |
0.176**
(3.03) |
−0.096 (0.85) |
| Three star | 0.146*
(2.47) |
0.153*
(2.17) |
−0.072 (0.53) |
0.479*
(1.97) |
0.522*
(1.86) |
0.129 (0.21) |
0.037 (0.74) |
0.035 (0.59) |
−0.118 (1.00) |
| Four star | 0.210***
(3.54) |
0.206**
(2.71) |
−0.013 (0.10) |
0.807**
(3.35) |
0.786**
(2.69) |
0.370 (0.62) |
0.041 (0.83) |
0.039 (0.61) |
−0.107 (0.98) |
| Five star | 0.307***
(3.75) |
0.304**
(2.61) |
0.099 (0.65) |
1.094**
(3.33) |
1.270**
(2.80) |
0.554 (0.82) |
0.089 (1.35) |
0.076 (0.79) | −0.046 (0.38) |
*
p < .1. **p < .01. ***p < .001. T-statistic in parentheses.