Table 2:
Facility-level factors associated with post-SNF use of Medicare-certified home health agency (CHHA) services.
| SNF Factors | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | p-value | OR | p-value | |
| For profit (ref=non-profit) | 0.92 | 0.002 | 0.97 | 0.405 |
| Hospital-based (ref=free-standing) | 0.99 | 0.835 | 1.03 | 0.587 |
| Occupancy | 1.05 | 0.364 | 1.12 | 0.092 |
| % Medicare residents | 1.01 | <0.001 | 1.00 | 0.635 |
| % Medicaid residents | 1.00 | <0.001 | 1.00 | 0.489 |
| % surgical DRG | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.99 | <0.001 |
| 5-star overall rating (ref=1 star): | ||||
| 2 stars | 1.78 | <0.001 | 1.56 | <0.001 |
| 3 stars | 1.65 | <0.001 | 1.42 | <0.001 |
| 4 stars | 1.82 | <0.001 | 1.42 | <0.001 |
| 5 stars | 2.36 | <0.001 | 1.68 | <0.001 |
| Total nursing (RN, LPN, CNA) hours per resident day (10-minute increments) | 1.00 | 0.526 | 0.99 | 0.023 |
| Ratio of RN/total nursing hours per resident day (10-minute increments) | 1.20 | <0.001 | 1.04 | 0.310 |
| Observations | 25,357 | 23,504 | ||
Adjusted regression models accounted for patient-, SNF-, and market-level factors. OR = odds ratio.