Table 2.
Factors Associated with HRR-Specific Rates of PR after Hospitalization for COPD
| Variable | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | Pr > |t| | Estimate | Pr > |t| | |
| No. PR programs/1,000 Medicare FFS beneficiaries | 10.25 | <.001 | … | … |
| No. PR programs/1,000 Medicare FFS beneficiaries hospitalized for COPD | … | … | 0.06 | <.001 |
| No. of COPD hospitalized patients/1,000 Medicare FFS beneficiary | -0.11 | <.001 | -0.04 | 0.168 |
| Percent Medicare FFS beneficiary black | -0.02 | 0.017 | -0.02 | 0.018 |
| Percent of residents living at or below 200% federal poverty line | -0.03 | <.001 | -0.03 | <.01 |
| Percent of residents unemployed | 0.12 | <.001 | 0.10 | <.01 |
| Region (West referent) | ||||
| Northeast | 0.39 | 0.061 | 0.47 | 0.029 |
| Midwest | 0.55 | 0.006 | 0.71 | <.001 |
| South | 0.54 | 0.007 | 0.55 | <.01 |
| Intercept | 2.15 | <.001 | 1.74 | <.001 |
| N | 306 | … | 306 | … |
| R2 | 0.39 | … | 0.36 | … |
See Table 1 for expansion of abbreviations.
Note: Risk-standardized rates are adjusted for age, sex, comorbidity burden, admissions during prior year, current tobacco use, and Medicaid dual eligibility.