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Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Sep;97(9):636–645. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000932

Table 3.

Hierarchical generalized linear mixed model predicting the likelihood of being discharged from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation (IRF) compared to skilled nursing (SNF)

	All Stroke				Ischemic Stroke				Hemorrhagic Stroke

Variables	OR	95%CI		p	OR	95%CI		p	OR	95%CI		p
Age, years
65–69	Ref.				Ref.				Ref.
70–74	0.825	0.776	0.877	<.0001^*	0.827	0.775	0.883	<.0001^*	0.827	0.692	0.987	0.0349^*
75–79	0.617	0.582	0.655	<.0001^*	0.630	0.592	0.671	<.0001^*	0.569	0.481	0.674	<.0001^*
80–84	0.438	0.413	0.464	<.0001^*	0.452	0.425	0.481	<.0001^*	0.387	0.328	0.457	<.0001^*
85+	0.238	0.225	0.251	<.0001^*	0.243	0.229	0.258	<.0001^*	0.217	0.184	0.256	<.0001^*
Female	0.777	0.755	0.799	<.0001^*	0.780	0.757	0.805	<.0001^*	0.721	0.664	0.782	<.0001^*
Race
Non-Hispanic White	Ref.				Ref.				Ref.
Non-Hispanic Black	1.061	1.010	1.114	0.0179^*	1.059	1.006	1.115	0.0289^*	0.977	0.845	1.130	0.7587
Hispanic/Latino	1.257	1.117	1.415	0.0002^*	1.283	1.128	1.459	0.0001^*	1.349	1.003	1.813	0.0474^*
Other race	1.287	1.190	1.393	<.0001^*	1.312	1.204	1.429	<.0001^*	1.175	0.970	1.422	0.0984
Length of Stay in Acute Care, days
0–3	Ref.				Ref.				Ref.
4–7	0.603	0.584	0.623	<.0001^*	0.602	0.582	0.622	<.0001^*	0.680	0.610	0.758	<.0001^*
8–11	0.353	0.335	0.371	<.0001^*	0.349	0.330	0.368	<.0001^*	0.434	0.378	0.498	<.0001^*
12–25	0.177	0.165	0.190	<.0001^*	0.174	0.161	0.188	<.0001^*	0.226	0.191	0.268	<.0001^*
26+	0.066	0.051	0.086	<.0001^*	0.055	0.040	0.075	<.0001^*	0.140	0.086	0.228	<.0001^*
Stay in ICU/CCU (Yes vs No)	1.549	1.496	1.604	<.0001^*	1.618	1.557	1.682	<.0001^*	2.024	1.820	2.250	<.0001^*
Comorbidities
Specified Heart Arrhythmias	0.988	0.941	1.037	0.6262	0.975	0.926	1.026	0.3321	1.017	0.881	1.174	0.8209
Congestive Heart Failure	0.923	0.874	0.974	0.0037^*	0.924	0.873	0.979	0.0072^*	0.895	0.754	1.061	0.2016
Diabetes without Complication	0.889	0.847	0.934	<.0001^*	0.883	0.838	0.930	<.0001^*	0.904	0.778	1.052	0.1922
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0.845	0.795	0.897	<.0001^*	0.853	0.800	0.909	<.0001^*	0.794	0.663	0.951	0.0121^*
Acute Renal Failure	0.908	0.852	0.968	0.0029^*	0.898	0.839	0.961	0.0018^*	1.004	0.830	1.214	0.9685
Vascular Disease	0.960	0.899	1.025	0.2178	0.952	0.889	1.021	0.1683	1.022	0.834	1.252	0.8353
Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis	0.951	0.886	1.022	0.1700	0.949	0.881	1.023	0.1726	0.970	0.770	1.221	0.7937
Diabetes with Chronic Complications	0.952	0.875	1.036	0.2515	0.944	0.864	1.032	0.2026	0.947	0.725	1.236	0.6881
Cardio-Respiratory Failure and Shock	0.982	0.893	1.080	0.7083	0.982	0.887	1.086	0.7216	0.941	0.714	1.238	0.6629
Coagulation Defects and Other Specified Hematological Disorders	1.077	0.983	1.181	0.1125	1.105	1.001	1.221	0.0485^*	0.975	0.763	1.245	0.8368
Septicemia, Sepsis, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/Shock	0.888	0.803	0.982	0.0208^*	0.905	0.812	1.008	0.0697	0.805	0.608	1.067	0.1310
Protein-Calorie Malnutrition	0.845	0.760	0.939	0.0017^*	0.873	0.780	0.977	0.0184^*	0.675	0.494	0.923	0.0137^*
Seizure Disorders and Convulsions	0.680	0.612	0.755	<.0001^*	0.699	0.623	0.784	<.0001^*	0.647	0.496	0.844	0.0013^*
Ischemic or Unspecified Stroke	0.833	0.749	0.928	0.0009^*	0.830	0.742	0.928	0.0011^*	0.759	0.514	1.119	0.1638
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Connective Tissue Disease	0.924	0.830	1.029	0.1513	0.937	0.837	1.050	0.2633	0.789	0.560	1.112	0.1759
Morbid Obesity	0.894	0.798	1.001	0.0511	0.879	0.780	0.990	0.0340^*	1.131	0.787	1.625	0.5051
Unstable Angina and Other Acute Ischemic Heart Disease	0.887	0.777	1.012	0.0744	0.879	0.764	1.011	0.0700	0.908	0.601	1.372	0.6468
Other Significant Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders	0.968	0.843	1.110	0.6398	1.000	0.860	1.163	0.9956	0.942	0.671	1.322	0.7293
Parkinson's and Huntington's Diseases	0.708	0.615	0.816	<.0001^*	0.742	0.639	0.862	<.0001^*	0.507	0.321	0.800	0.0035^*
Major Depressive, Bipolar, and Paranoid Disorders	0.579	0.498	0.674	<.0001^*	0.600	0.511	0.704	<.0001^*	0.473	0.300	0.747	0.0013^*
Intestinal Obstruction/Perforation	0.961	0.820	1.126	0.6242	0.891	0.751	1.056	0.1832	1.589	1.008	2.504	0.0461^*
Breast, Prostate, and Other Cancers and Tumors	0.890	0.756	1.046	0.1579	0.886	0.745	1.054	0.1714	1.014	0.637	1.615	0.9534
Acute Myocardial Infarction	1.005	0.851	1.186	0.9542	1.019	0.855	1.214	0.8358	0.805	0.486	1.335	0.4007
Cerebral Hemorrhage	0.678	0.574	0.801	<.0001^*	0.761	0.619	0.934	0.0090^*	0.619	0.461	0.831	0.0014^*
Aspiration and Specified Bacterial Pneumonias	0.987	0.823	1.183	0.8865	0.990	0.814	1.203	0.9189	1.086	0.662	1.779	0.7444
Vascular Disease with Complications	0.889	0.748	1.056	0.1804	0.790	0.656	0.952	0.0131^*	1.822	1.125	2.950	0.0147^*
Chronic Ulcer of Skin, Except Pressure	0.828	0.693	0.990	0.0387^*	0.911	0.754	1.100	0.3329	0.406	0.229	0.720	0.0020^*
Metastatic Cancer and Acute Leukemia	0.781	0.653	0.934	0.0069^*	0.764	0.626	0.931	0.0077^*	0.904	0.590	1.384	0.6410
Coma, Brain Compression/Anoxic Damage	1.031	0.854	1.244	0.7509	1.214	0.956	1.541	0.1108	0.947	0.689	1.301	0.7359
Artificial Openings for Feeding or Elimination	0.978	0.811	1.181	0.8205	1.014	0.827	1.242	0.8938	0.774	0.464	1.291	0.3262
Number of Stroke Discharges from acute	1.009	1.008	1.010	<.0001^*	1.009	1.008	1.010	<.0001^*	1.005	1.004	1.006	<.0001^*
Distance from Acute Hospital to PAC setting (Miles), Mean (SD)	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.7550	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.5224	1.000	0.999	1.001	0.4106
Medicaid Eligibility (Yes vs No)	0.592	0.571	0.615	<.0001^*	0.599	0.576	0.623	<.0001^*	0.547	0.490	0.611	<.0001^*
Admission Mobility Score	1.054	1.051	1.057	<.0001^*	1.053	1.050	1.055	<.0001^*	1.064	1.056	1.071	<.0001^*
Admission Self-Care Score	0.981	0.979	0.983	<.0001^*	0.981	0.979	0.983	<.0001^*	0.980	0.975	0.985	<.0001^*

−2 Res Log Pseudo-Likelihood	553847.6				491081.4				61269.16
Gener. Chi-Square / DF	0.95				0.94				0.91

Note.

ICU, intensive care unit; CCU, coronary care unit

, Significance at an alpha level of 0.05.