Cumulative probability of recovery after hospitalization for acute medical illness for each basic, instrumental, and mobility activity. We used Kaplan-Meyer survival curves to evaluate time to recovery for each activity among incident disability cases at the first monthly interview after hospitalization with follow-up starting from month 2 after hospitalization. The cumulative probability of recovery for each activity was estimated after accounting for censoring due to mortality and loss to follow-up. Data for basic, instrumental, and mobility activities are shown in panels A, B, and C, respectively. Error bars denote standard deviations.