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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2019 May 24;66:208–221. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.05.008

Table 7.

Effects of star rating measured as categorical variable (1-star as baseline category) on outcomes (number of days in different settings) using 2SLS model with ZIP code fixed effects.

Star rating of admitted SNF Any acute hospitalization within 30 days Any hospitalization within 180 days Death within 30 days Deathwithin 180 days Became long-stay nursing-home resident
2-star −0.002
(0.00889)		 −0.00786
(0.0118)		 −0.00603
(0.00603)		 −0.00426
(0.00914)		 −0.0253***
(0.00868)
3-star −0.0132
(0.0107)		 −0.0199
(0.0142)		 −0.0144**
(0.00724)		 −0.0281***
(0.0109)		 −0.0321***
(0.0104)
4-star −0.0163
(0.0118		 −0.0211
(0.0157)		 −0.0205***
(0.00795)		 −0.0380***
(0.012)		 −0.0380***
(0.0115)
5-star −0.0191
(0.0135)		 −0.0215
(0.0178)		 −0.0195**
(0.00904)		 −0.0445***
(0.0137)		 −0.0430***
(0.0132)

Note: Robust standard errors clustering error by ZIP codes are in parentheses. Each column represent a separate regression. All regressions include patient characteristics listed in Table 2, month of SNF admission dummies and patient’s residential ZIP code fixed effects.

***

p < 0.01.

**

p < 0.05.