Table 2.
PAC capacity and referral rate across census divisions
| Census Divisions | Number of PAC Facilities (Percentage within Division) | Referral Percentage within Division | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHC | SNF | IRF | LTCH | HHC | SNF | IRF | LTCH | Home | |
| East North Central | 2486 (42.40) | 3081 (52.55) | 227 (3.87) | 69 (1.18) | 31.20 | 14.30 | 12.20 | 1.00 | 41.30 |
| East South Central | 443 (27.65) | 1043 (65.11) | 82 (5.12) | 34 (2.12) | 13.40 | 5.70 | 9.40 | 1.60 | 69.90 |
| Middle Atlantic | 619 (24.78) | 1691 (67.69) | 158 (6.33) | 30 (1.20) | 68.30 | 16.00 | 4.50 | 0.50 | 10.70 |
| Mountain | 765 (45.29) | 794 (47.01) | 99 (5.86) | 31 (1.84) | 2.50 | 17.30 | 1.90 | 0.30 | 78.00 |
| New England | 442 (30.84) | 937 (65.39) | 35 (2.44) | 19 (1.33) | 43.60 | 20.10 | 11.20 | 1.10 | 24.00 |
| Pacific | 1464 (45.26) | 1630 (50.39) | 117 (3.62) | 24 (0.74) | 27.30 | 21.20 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 50.30 |
| South Atlantic | 1842 (41.37) | 2367 (53.17) | 176 (3.95) | 67 (1.50) | 21.00 | 9.10 | 9.90 | 1.30 | 58.70 |
| West North Central | 770 (25.81) | 2080 (69.73) | 106 (3.55) | 27 (0.91) | 31.20 | 20.40 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 45.70 |
| West South Central | 3173 (57.1) | 2026 (36.46) | 232 (4.17) | 126 (2.27) | 45.80 | 5.10 | 9.70 | 1.80 | 37.60 |
| Mean | 37.83 | 56.39 | 4.32 | 1.45 | 31.59 | 14.36 | 6.72 | 1.09 | 46.24 |
Source: Capacities from Medicare, https://www.medicare.gov/; Referral rates from study data set taken from Cerner Health Facts Data Warehouse, https://business.okstate.edu/chsi/